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Microscope Lesson

Microscope Lesson

Assessment

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Science

6th Grade

Practice Problem

Medium

NGSS
MS-LS1-6, MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-2

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Standards-aligned

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Katie Hinkle

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13 Slides • 25 Questions

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Microscope Lesson

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Multiple Choice

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Identify the microscope part that is pointing to part 5

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Stage

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Nose Piece

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Ocular lens (eyepiece)

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Objective lens

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Multiple Choice

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Identify the microscope part that is pointing to part 12

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Course Adjustment

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Stage

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Ocular lens (eyepiece)

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Base

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Multiple Choice

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Identify the microscope part that is pointing to part 9.

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Arm

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Course Adjustment

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Fine Adjustment

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Objective lens

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Multiple Choice

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Identify the microscope part that is pointing to part 8

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Arm

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Nose Piece

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Ocular lens (eyepiece)

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Objective lens

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Multiple Choice

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Identify the microscope part that is pointing to part 3

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Arm

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Nose Piece

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Ocular lens (eyepiece)

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Objective lens

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Multiple Choice

When calculating total magnification of a specimen you MULTIPLY the _____________ with the ocular lens (eyepiece).

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Nose piece

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Objective lens

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Arm

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Stage

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Fill in the Blank

Type answer...

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Fill in the Blank

Type answer...

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Fill in the Blank

Type answer...

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Multiple Choice

When trying to identify a particular organism under the microscope you should always start using the _________ power objective lens first.

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low

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medium

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high

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Multiple Choice

Moving from a 4X power objective lens to a 10X power objective lens does what?

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Allows you to the specimen from far away

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Allows you to see the specimen more closely

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4

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Multiple Choice

When placing a specimen on the stage to be examined you should secure the slide with ____________ to hold the specimen in place.

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Stage

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Nose piece

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Stage clips

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Barrel

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Multiple Choice

During this lab we used a __________ microscope

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Compound light

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Electron

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Telescope

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Volvox

Domain: Eukarya

Kingdom: Plant

One Fact: Type of green algae that exists as a spherical colony made up of tiny individual algae.

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Parmecium

Domain: Eukarya

Kingdom: Protist

One Fact: Tiny unicellular protozoan, have cilia for movement related to Stentor, Eat bacteria, algae, and yeast.

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Daphnia

Domain: Eukarya

Kingdom: Animal

One Fact: Small freshwater crustaceans related to freshwater shrimp. They eat unicellular algae, protists, and bacteria. They have a compound eye. Sometimes called water fleas because of jumping motion but they are not really fleas.

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Hydra

Domain: Eukarya

Kingdom: Animal

One Fact: Cnidarians related to jellyfish, sea anemonies, and coral. Live in freshwater and eat aquatic invertebrates like daphnia. Have up to 10 tentacles and can regenerate.

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Planaria

Domain: Eukarya

Kingdom: Animal

One Fact: Small invertebrate animals that are multicellular. They are a type of flatworm that has eyespots, and they can also regenerate.

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Amoeba

Domain: Eukarya

Kingdom: Protist

One Fact: Unicellular, changes body shape to move, forms pseudopods(false feet) that allow them to capture food.

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Aeolosoma

Domain: Eukarya

Kingdom: Animal

One Fact: Multicellular organisms that live in freshwater. They are found in the phylum Annelida and are related to earthworms.

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Rotifer

Domain: Eukarya

Kingdom: Animal

One Fact: Multicellular organisms that live in freshwater. They are found in the phylum Annelida and are related to earthworms.

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Water Bear/Tardigrade

Domain: Eukarya

Kingdom: Animal

One Fact: Named by Tomas Henry Hurley in 1869 because their pawing motion which reminded him of the clumsy actions of circus bears. There are 350 known species, 70 of which are in North America. Young are transparent.

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Elodea

Domain: Eukarya

Kingdom: Plant

One Fact: This is a water plant, and when specimens are fresh there is a very visible cell wall along with chloroplasts present.

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Vinegar Eel

Domain: Eukarya

Kingdom: Animal

One Fact: Tiny round worms found in containers of unpasturized cider vinegar, and they are harmless if swallowed

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Multiple Select

Select all the statements that are true about organisms grouped in the plant phylum.

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Autotrophs

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Usually multicellular

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Unicellular

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Heterotrophs

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Cells contain a cell wall

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Multiple Select

Select all the statements that are true about organisms grouped in the animal kingdom.

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Autotrophs

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multicellular

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Unicellular

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Heterotrophs

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Cells contain lysosomes

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Multiple Choice

This kingdom is known as the "junk drawer" because is contains autotrophs, heterotrophs, unicellular, and multicellular organisms.

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Plant

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Animal

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Fungi

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Protist

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Fill in the Blank

Type answer...

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Multiple Choice

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Select the organism that belongs to the Kingdom protist.

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Vinegar eel

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Planaria

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Amoeba

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Daphnia

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Fill in the Blank

Type answer...

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Multiple Choice

This organism is named for clumsy circus bears, and they belong to the animal kingdom

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Tardigrades

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Rotifers

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Water Bears

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Elodea

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Multiple Select

Select the three organisms that are classified in the worm phylum.

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Rotifers

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Planaria

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Vinegar Eels

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Parmecium

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Aelosoma

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Multiple Select

Select the two organisms below that belong to the plant kingdom.

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Aeolosoma

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Elodea

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Volvox

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Amoeba

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Multiple Choice

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This organism is also nicknamed "water flea", but they are not fleas at all. They are nicknamed this for their quick jumping motions. They are classified in the animal kingdom.

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Water Bears

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Rotifers

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Tardigrades

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Daphnia

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Fill in the Blank

Type answer...

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Multiple Choice

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This animal has ciliated tuffs that spin like a wheel allowing them to sweep food into their mouths.

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Elodea

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Aelosoma

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Rotifer

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Amoeba

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