1. Biodiversity

2. What is an organism?
Any living thing that reproduces, grows, and adapts to its surroundings. Ex. Animals, Plants, Fungus, Protists, and Bacteria.

3. What is a habitat?
Place where an organism lives depending on the organism ex. Monkey lives in the jungle
Where a species finds food
Natural home or shelter of an animal
Lives according to their needs
Adapts and responds to environment
And carries out life processes!

4. What should I know about Taxonomy?
Taxonomy-the science of naming and classifying organisms (Thank you Linnaeus!)
All Taxonomic Categories go from the most broad category to the most specific and include:
Taxonomic Category
Mnemonic/trick to help you remember
Kingdom
Keep
Phylum
Ponds
Class
Clean
Order Or
Family
Frogs
Genus
Get
species
sick

5. The Scientific Name-Avoid the confusion!
Scientists refer to organisms with their Scientific Names to avoid confusion, a universal language. Remember all the confusion when I asked you to find the difference between a cougar, puma and mountain lion. You know now that they are really the same organism or animal known Scientifically as Puma concolor!

6. Scientific Name cont.
Scientific Name is made of the Genus and species name. The first letter in the Genus is always spelled with an upper case letter and the species first letter is always lower case. The species is the most specific taxonomic category.
Examples:
Genus
species
Homo
sapien
Canis
familiaris
Panthera
leo

7. Lesson 2
Compound Light Microscope- Uses 2 lenses and light to make a specimen visible. *Look over your Microscope worksheet, know the parts*
Dry-Mount Slide- A microscope slide on which no water is used. (Our WOWBug slides)

8. WOWBug and insect parts
Head- 1st body segment in insects (contain eyes, antennae and mandibles or jaw)
Thorax- 2nd body segment in insects, between the head and abdomen
Abdomen- A segment of the body of many animals, the third body segment in insects

9. WOWBug

10. Microscope Views of Specimen-Bonus/Challenge words
Lateral- side view of a specimen
Ventral- abdominal view of a specimen
Dorsal- back view of a specimen

11. Lesson 3 – Investigating Lumbriculus variegatus or the Blackworm
What did you learn?
Blackworms can regenerate both head and tail to break free from predators.
Lives in Ponds, Marshes and Lakes in N. America, and Europe.
Contain male and female sex organs.
Tail end used for sensing.
Can have 150—250 segments.
Under a microscope, you can monitor their pulse in bpm’s.

12. Key Vocabulary
Anterior – toward the front, or head, of an animal body.
Posterior – toward the back end of an animal.
Regeneration – process by which organisms produce new body parts.

13. Lesson 4 Vocabulary
Ecosystem- A community of organisms interacting with their abiotic environment.
Macroorganism- An organism that can be seen with out magnification, usually greater than 2 mm.
Microorganism- An organism that can not be seen with out magnification.
Habitat- A place where an organism naturally lives.

14. Lesson 5 Vocabulary Cell – The basic unit of life
Organelle – a well-defined structure found in a cell

15. Animal Cell Key Parts to K now
Cell Membrane – outer boundary that protects and allows materials to move in and out
Nucleus – The boss or CEO of the cell, the control center
Mitochondria – Mighty Mitochondria is the powerhouse or energy in the cell
Ribosomes – Make Protein
Endoplasmic Reticulum – The super highway or folded membrane where you find the ribosomes
Cytoplasm – Gel-like substance that houses the organelles

16. Plant Cell Key differences
Cell Wall – extra rigid layer of protection made of cellulose
Chloroplast/chlorophyll- gives pigment to the plant and helps trap energy from the sun in Photosynthesis
Vacuole- much larger in plants, the storage center
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