True or False
Organisms are living things.
True
Is it living, non-living, dead, or dormant?
rock, desk, sand, mountain
Non-living
How many characteristics of life do all living things need to be able to do in order to function and live?
9 Characteristics of Life
What is the purpose of the stage clip?
To hold your slide in place
What organelle does a paramecium and animal cell have, that a plant cell does not have? What is that cell structures job?
lysosome
Helps with digestion
A rotting apple is an example of a non-living organism.
False: For an organism to be non-living it had to never be alive, like a rock.
Is it living, non-living, dead, or dormant?
A rotting fish, decayed apple, squashed fly
Dead
After an organism consumes energy or food, there is leftover ____ that needs to be discarded.
What is waste.
If the eyepiece is x10 and the lens you are looking through is x10, then what is your total magnification when looking at the slide?
The item is 100 times bigger!
What cell structures does a plant cell have that an animal cell and paramecium cell do not have? (there are 3)
Chloroplasts
Chlorophyll
Cell Wall
In order to be living, the organism has to move.
False--movement is not criteria for something to be living.
Is it living, non-living, dead, or dormant?
Tree, paramecium, scorpion and bird
Living
Plants take in CO2 (carbon dioxide) and release O2 (oxygen.) We breathe in O2 and release CO2. These are examples of______.
What is gas exchange.
When using a microscope you should always start and end at this magnification.
What is x4! It's better to be zoomed out and then work your way to zooming in. Also, it can be hard to remove a slide when the bigger lenses.
What organelle is associated with consuming food in the paramecium?
What is the food vacuole
A unicellular organism, like the paramecium is living.
True! Even 1 celled organism can have all the qualities of a living thing.
Is it living, non-living, dead, or dormant?
yeast, spores, water bears, brine shrimp eggs, and tadpole shrimp eggs, radish seed.
Dormant
How did we know that the yeast was living?
It produced a gas that took the top of the vial.
Why were microscopes such an important invention?
allows us to see things we weren't able to see before
allows us to look at things with a closer magnification
How are we the same and different from the paramecium?
-We are multicellular, while the paramecium is unicellular
-We eat and get rid of waste.
-We move around to get our needs met.
Not all organisms need to respond, to live.
False- responding to the environment is a quality of all organisms.
What is the difference between these four terms: living, non-living, dead, and dormant?
Living-- an organism that is alive
Non-Living -- has NEVER been alive
Dead-- was one alive, but now isn't
Dormant-- an organism that is inactive
Paramecium split in half when the organism gets too large. This is its mode of ___. Otherwise known as binary fission.
Reproduction, asexual reproduction to be exact.
What is the name of the type of microscope we were using?
Compound microscope
What is the function of a nucleus? (2 answers)
Contains DNA
Controls the cells activities