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Microworlds Study Guide
Anton Leeuwenhoek
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He was the _________ person to make and use over
_________________________.
Leeuwenhoek lived in the 1600’s in the _________________________.
Most of his microscopes were very __________________, just 1”x2”.
He was the first person to ever see _____________________________
plants and animals.
He discovered ___________________ when he scraped
______________ from his teeth.
He also discovered that mammals have ______________________ while
birds and fish have ______________________________.
Only 9 of Leeuwenhoek’s 240 microscopes remain today.
Robert Hooke
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Robert Hooke lived in the _____________ in ______________________
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One of the differences between Leeuwenhoek and Hooke was that Hooke
___________ what he saw under the microscope.
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Hooke invented the Barometer. Meteorologists use them to detect air
pressure.
Hooke also worked to ___________ microscopes. He learned that
making the lenses MORE ______________ makes them more powerful.
Volvox
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Commonly found in ____________________.
It is part of a group of organisms called __________________
__________________.
A Volvox doesn’t have _____________, ________________, or
______________, but they are like green plants because they make their
own food. This process is called ________________________________.
They live in a colony of ______________ to ___________________
similar cells.
The Volvox forms a _______________. They live in a
___________________ substance.
Each cell has two tails called ________________. These tails are what
move the Volvox through the water. It rolls like a _________________.
There are _______________ ___________________ that split from the
parent colony when they are big enough to begin their own Volvox colony.
Blepharisma
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Commonly found in ___________________.
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It is a _____________ __________________ pear shaped organism.
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It has a ________________ coloration.
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It usually eats __________________, but if it eats other microbes it
becomes a giant Blepharisma.
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The giant Blepharisma becomes a _______________________ and eats
its own kind.
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It is covered with tiny __________________ called ________________.
The cilia are used like paddles for swimming or to push food in its mouth.
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To reproduce, the Blepharisma ________________ itself in half to
produce twins. This is called ___________________
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Draw a diagram of binary fission (when the nucleus splits in half to reproduce)
Vinegar Eels
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The vinegar eel is a harmless _______________ _______________. It is
about __________ long.
Its body is almost _________________ and you can see some of their
organs.
Vinegar eels are made of many _________________.
It is one of the lowest animal forms that can ________________
____________. It has a ________________ and an
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Females have their ___________________ lined up inside of them by
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Vinegar eels are only found in ________________________ vinegar.
Pasteurization is a process where a ______________ is heated to a very
high _________________. This sterilizes the vinegar, which kills all the
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Identify the cell terms
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_________________: the thick covering of a plant cell made from
_________________ fibers
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__________________: a thin, _________________ cell covering (lets
gases in and out)
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_________________: the cell part that _______________ activities of
other cell parts (the brain of the cell)
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__________________: storage ________________ in a cell (stores water
and waste)
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_________________: the ___________________ fluid between the cell
membrane and the nucleus. (jello)
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______________________: the _______________ cell part that traps
sunlight. (jellybeans)
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___________________: the powerhouse of the cell that releases
_________________________.
All living things are made up of _____________________
Draw and label a plant cell
Draw and label an animal cell
How are plant and animal cells different.
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