Objective - Observe and summarize information about microorganisms.
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Microorganisms Internet Scavenger Hunt
To begin, go to the class webpage. The links to all the websites will be found in the Science class.
Select the “Biology for Kids” link.
1. To see a microbe, you don’t need a microscope.
a. True
b. False
2. Which is not a microbe?
a. Algae
b. Bacteria
c. Fungi
d. Protozoan
e. All are microbes
3. In 1673 he looked through a microscope and discovered microorganisms.
a. Hans Janssen
b. Edward Jenner
c. Louis Pasteur
d. Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Go back to the “Calling all Microscopes” paragraph. Click on “Bacteria.”
4. Identify bacteria’s basic shape(s).
a. Rod
b. Spherical (round)
c. Spiral
d. Bacteria come in all three shapes.
Click on the “Next Page on Microbes” button at the bottom of the page.
5. These are the “bad” boys of the microbe world.
a. Algae
b. Bacteria
c. Fungi
d. Protozoans
6. Cellular slime molds are actually thousands of individual cells that team up and work
together.
a. True
b. False
7. This type of protist oozes from place-to-place.
a. Amoeba
c. Paramecium
Objective - Observe and summarize information about microorganisms.
b. Euglena
d. Slime mold
8. Amoeba move using…
a. cilia.
b. flagellum.
c. pseudopods.
Click on the “Next Page on Microbes” button at the bottom of the page.
9. A protist with a tail is called a ciliate.
a. True
b. False
10. Paramecium move using these.
a. cilia.
b. flagellum.
c. pseudopods.
Click on the “Next Page on Microbes” button at the bottom of the page.
11. Molds are nothing more than a bunch of…
a. bacterial colonies.
b. slime molds.
c. fungus.
d. amoeba.
12. An example of club fungi is…
a. a mushroom.
b. mold.
13. This is a single-celled sac fungus.
a. Mold
b. Slime molds
c. Yeast
d. Zygote fungi
Go back to the class webpage. Click on “Fun Facts About Fungi.”
14. Most of the fungus is hidden in the soil, in wood, or another food source.
a. True
b. False
15. Fungi feed by __________ nutrients from the organic material in which they live.
a. absorbing
c. digesting
Objective - Observe and summarize information about microorganisms.
b. chewing
d. gnawing on
16. Which is not a use for fungi?
a. Food
b. Making drugs
c. Performing photosynthesis
d. Producing enzymes to remove stains
Go back to the class webpage. Click on “The Smallest Page on the Web.” Click
on “Flagellated Protozoa.”
17. What is a protozoan?
a. A microorganism that eats dead organic material.
b. A single-celled organism found everywhere.
c. A microorganism that does not have a nucleus.
d. A plant- or animal-like single-celled organism like amoebas and ciliates.
18. This bright green organelle converts light into energy.
a. Chloroplast
b. Contractile vesicle
c. Nucleus
d. Vacuole
19. What are flagella?
a. Hair-like structures that surround a protist.
b. Whip-like structures used to move.
c. Extensions of the body of a protist.
20. This is an example of a flagellated protist.
a. Amoeba
b. Euglena
c. Paramecium
Go to the bottom of the page. Click “Green Algae.”
21. What are algae?
a. Unrelated groups of microorganisms that are able to perform photosynthesis.
b. Groups of microorganisms that are consumers.
c. Groups of microorganisms that move using cilia.
d. Groups of microorganisms that move using pseudopods.
22. Green algae always have to be green.
a. True
b. False
23. This has been called one of the seven wonders of the microworld.
Objective - Observe and summarize information about microorganisms.
a. Chlorella
b. Chlorophytes
c. Spirogyra
d. Volvox
24. This algae forms long filaments.
a. Chlorella
b. Chlorophytes
c. Spirogyra
d. Volvox
Go to the bottom of the page. Click “Sun animalcules and Amoebas.”
25. How does an amoeba move (locomote)?
a. Cilia
b. Flagella
c. Pseudopods
26. An amoeba is able to change its shape constantly.
a. True
b. False
Go to the bottom of the page. Click on “Ciliates.”
27. How does a ciliate move?
a. Cilia
b. Flagella
c. Pseudopods
28. Which protist use cilia to move?
a. Amoeba
b. Euglena
c. Paramecium
29. This is the colonial bell animalcule.
a. Carchesium
b. Myonemes
c. Stentor
d. Vorticella
30. This protist looks like a trumpet.
a. Carchesium
b. Myonemes
c. Stentor
d. Vorticella
31. It is possible to raise protists by making a hay culture.
a. True
b. False