Name: ___________________________
Per:________
Life Science Webquests
I. Go to the following website. Do each of the activities, then record 3 keywords and
your score for the quiz.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/science/organisms_behaviour_health/
Name
1. Life Process
2. Cells to systems
3. Disease
4. Variation and
Classification
5. Food Chains
6. Behaviour
3 keywords
Quiz Score
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II. Go to the following website. Do each of the activities, then record 3
keywords and your score for the quiz.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/science/living_things/
Name
1. Circulation
2. Human life cycles
3. Microorganisms
4. Plant and animal
habitats
5. Plant life cycles
6. Plants
7. Skeletons and
muscles
3 keywords
Quiz Score
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III. Go to the following website.
http://www2.edc.org/weblabs/Punnett/punnettsquares.html
Get some practice trying your hand at figuring out genetics and how
traits/characteristics are passed on. Record how many answers you got right
here ___________.
Name: ___________________________
Per:________
Life Science Webquests
I. Go to the following website. Do each of the activities, then record 3 keywords and
your score for the quiz.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/science/organisms_behaviour_health/
Name
1. Life Process
2. Cells to systems
3. Disease
4. Variation and
Classification
5. Food Chains
6. Behaviour
3 keywords
Quiz Score
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II. Go to the following website. Do each of the activities, then record 3
keywords and your score for the quiz.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/science/living_things/
Name
1. Circulation
2. Human life cycles
3. Microorganisms
4. Plant and animal
habitats
5. Plant life cycles
6. Plants
7. Skeletons and
muscles
3 keywords
Quiz Score
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/
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III. Go to the following website.
http://www2.edc.org/weblabs/Punnett/punnettsquares.html
Get some practice trying your hand at figuring out genetics and how
traits/characteristics are passed on. Record how many answers you got right
here ___________.
IV. Quia Quizzes and Activities
1. Go to the following website. Try to match up life science vocabulary in
concentration or matching cards.
http://www.quia.com/jg/262310.html
2. Go to the following website. Test your knowledge about adaptations playing
‘Rags to Riches’! Record your final winnings here: $___________
http://www.quia.com/rr/151396.html
3. Go to the following website. Take the quiz on biomes. Record your quiz score
here: _______/20.
http://www.quia.com/quiz/1957181.html
4. Go to the following website. Take the quiz on Punnet squares. Score ______/6
http://www.quia.com/quiz/806830.html
5. Go to the following website. Play the Basic Genetics game. Score ____/16
http://www.quia.com/pop/87242.html
6. Go to the following website. Take the quiz on Energy Flow through
Ecosystems. Score ________/10. http://www.quia.com/quiz/1847964.html
7. Go to the following website. Take the Science Pre-test. Score _________/41
http://www.quia.com/quiz/1535474.html
8. Go to the following website. Match the cards correctly in the Cell Challenge
matching game to review function of cell organelles.
http://www.quia.com/jg/595632.html
9. Go to the following website. Take the Life Science Review Test. Score
__________/80.
http://www.quia.com/quiz/1047841.html
10. Go to the following website. Take the quiz on Human Genetics Disorders.
Score ________/8.
http://www.quia.com/quiz/1633831.html
V. Go to the following website. Once there, click on the Kid Zone tab. Then choose
the link for Classification of Life to find the sites for this assignment.
http://sciencespot.net
Site #1: Biological Classification
1. What does the word “species” mean in Latin? ____________________
2. Who first proposed a system for classifying organisms? __________________
3. What two terms are used for an organism’s binomial name? _______________ and
_______________
Site #2: Ology: Biodiversity Everything Counts
Click the link for the Explore the Evidence: The Tree of Life. Explore the diagram to
answer these questions.
1. What type of diagram do scientists use to show how species are related?
_______________________
IV. Quia Quizzes and Activities
11.
Go to the following website. Try to match up life science vocabulary in
concentration or matching cards.
http://www.quia.com/jg/262310.html
12.
Go to the following website. Test your knowledge about adaptations
playing ‘Rags to Riches’! Record your final winnings here: $___________
http://www.quia.com/rr/151396.html
13.
Go to the following website. Take the quiz on biomes. Record your quiz
score here: _______/20.
http://www.quia.com/quiz/1957181.html
14.
Go to the following website. Take the quiz on Punnet squares. Score
______/6
http://www.quia.com/quiz/806830.html
15.
Go to the following website. Play the Basic Genetics game. Score
____/16
http://www.quia.com/pop/87242.html
16.
Go to the following website. Take the quiz on Energy Flow through
Ecosystems. Score ________/10. http://www.quia.com/quiz/1847964.html
17.
Go to the following website. Take the Science Pre-test. Score
_________/41
http://www.quia.com/quiz/1535474.html
18.
Go to the following website. Match the cards correctly in the Cell
Challenge matching game to review function of cell organelles.
http://www.quia.com/jg/595632.html
19.
Go to the following website. Take the Life Science Review Test. Score
__________/80.
http://www.quia.com/quiz/1047841.html
20. Go to the following website. Take the quiz on Human Genetics Disorders.
Score ________/8.
http://www.quia.com/quiz/1633831.html
V. Go to the following website. Once there, click on the Kid Zone tab. Then choose
the link for Classification of Life to find the sites for this assignment.
http://sciencespot.net
Site #1: Biological Classification
1. What does the word “species” mean in Latin? ____________________
2. Who first proposed a system for classifying organisms? __________________
3. What two terms are used for an organism’s binomial name? _______________ and
_______________
Site #2: Ology: Biodiversity Everything Counts
Click the link for the Explore the Evidence: The Tree of Life. Explore the diagram to
answer these questions.
1. What type of diagram do scientists use to show how species are related?
_______________________
2. Explore the groups (and yellow circles) shown on the diagram to answer these
questions. If you go to another page, click the link for "Cladogram" to return to
the diagram.
a. What percentage of the world’s organisms are classified in each group?
Bacteria - _____ Protoctists - _____ Green Plants - _____ Fungi - _____
b. Which animal group makes up the largest percentage of the world’s
organisms? ____________
c. What are tetrapods? ___________________________________________
d. What protein do all animals have in common? __________________________
e. What structure do eukaryotes have in their cells? ____________________
f. Into what group would humans be classified? ____________________
Return to the main page for Biodiversity Everything Counts and find the link for the
Inside Story: It Takes All_Kinds to Make A World. Read the information and then
click the link for Diversity of Life on Earth.
3. Into which kingdom does each organism belong? Write the name of the kingdom
on the line.
Blue-Green Alga ____________________ Giant Kelp _____________________
Extreme Microbe _________________ Tube Worms _____________________
Red Mangrove _____________________ Fungus _____________________
Spiny Lobster _____________________ Diatom _____________________
Return to the main page for Biodiversity Everything Counts and find the link for the
What's This section.
4. Explore this area to learn more about each animal and write its name by its best
description.
______________________ A primate related to lemurs
______________________ I'm a blood sucker with three jaws.
______________________ A whale with a long, spiral tooth (tusk)
______________________ My skin is part black and part yellow.
______________________ My bones were used to make huts
VI. Go to the following website. Follow these links Kid Zone > Biology > Pond Water
Sites > Smallest Page
http://sciencespot.net
Site #1: Ciliates
1. What two things are cilia used for? _______________________________ &
_________________________
2. What is another name for Paramecium? _______________________________
Site #2: Sun animalcules and amoebas
1. How does an amoeba move?
____________________________________________________________________
2. How does an amoeba reproduce?
______________________________________________________________
3. Why can some amoeba get so large?
_____________________________________________________________
4. What is another name for Sun animalcule?
___________________________________________________
Site #4: Desmids
1. What are desmids? _______________________________________________________________
2. What special title are they sometimes given? _________________________________
3. Click on the thumbnail. What kind of water is required to make this desmid?
____________________
4. What makes a desmid green? ______________________________________
Site #5: Diatoms
1. Diatoms make __________________ houses of _________________________________.
2. When and where do diatoms bloom?
____________________________________________________
Where might you look for some diatoms?
________________________________________________________
3. What are the two different groups of diatoms called? ___________________ &
__________________________
4. Which group can really move around the best? _________________________
Site #6: Flagellated Protozoa
1. What scientific name is given to the flagella? __________________________
2. The eyespot enables the protozoa to do what?
________________________________________________________
3. What does the food vacuole do? ____________________________________
4. What does the contractile vacuole do?
_________________________________________________________________
5. Go down to Euglena. What are the rod-shaped structures for?
______________________________________
6. What might Haematococcus be doing in your yard?
__________________________________________________
VIII. Identify at least 15 of the following pond critters by answering the questions in the
dichotomous key on this page:
http://dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/eek/critter/watercritter/critterindex.htm