Micro Life

Study Guide

Scientists - What was their claim to fame?

Leeuwenhoek

Hooke

Redi

Pasteur

Koch

Lister

Fleming

Jenner

Compound Microscope

Magnification of "eyepiece"?

Low power?

Medium power?

High power?

Give the total magnification for Medium power.

Microbes

Characteristics of bacteria?

Classification of bacteria?

Characteristics of protist?

Example of a protist that you viewed in the "Microbe Murder" activity?

Function of cilia, eyespot, and pseudopod?

Characteristics of a virus? Is it living?

Treatment of Microbial infections

Difference between a vaccine and an anitibiotic?

Should antibiotics be given for a viral infection? Why?/Why not?

Why should you take an antibiotic as prescribed by a doctor?  Why should you take it for the prescribed length of time?

What is the connection between "Super Bacteria" and the misuse of an antibiotic?

What is Life?

Terms:

autotroph                    heterotroph                homeostasis

stimulus                      response                    adaptation

unicellular                    multicellular                prokaryote

eukaryote                   

Labs

Why did they show a car at the end of the Eyewitness video "Life"?

Microbe Murder- Time to write!!

What was the problem?

Briefly explain how/why the "dichotomous" key was used in the "Microbe Murder" lab.

What body of water was the site where the drowning took place? How did you know?  Identify the data that supports your conclusion