Rewards Unit 8

What is Antoni van Leeuwenhoek known for?

• Being the first creator of the microscope

• Becoming the author of Micrographia

• Being a member of the Royal Society of London

• Being the Father of Microbiology

What did the book Micrographia introduce Leeuwenhoek to?

• amoeba

• microscopes

• other scientists

• specimens

What are protozoa?

• single-celled microscopic organisms

• a shape of bacteria

• animalcules

• specimens

What is correspondence?

• communication though letters or digital text

• reading something translated

• the study of life

• being sure of something

What did Leeuwenhoek create?

• single-celled organisms

• animalcules

• his own microscope

• cloth

What made Leeuwenhoek's microscope different?

• single-celled organisms

• multiple lenses

• It had one lens and magnified 200-300 times

• red blood cells

What led to Leeuwenhoek's microscope more powerful?

• lens grinding

• protists

• animalcules

• classification

What did Leeuwenhoek keep secret?

• bacteria

• protozoa and algae

• his lens grinding technique

• his microscope

What are animalcules?

• microcosm

• animal molecules

• bacilli

• used to refer to protists and other tiny-swimming creatures

Bacteria that have a round or oval shape

• cocci

• bacilli

• spirilla

• protozoa