1. Organism Review

2. Wowbug Melittobia digitata Animal Kingdom
Six legs, exoskeleton
Complete metamorphosis
Spiracles to breathe
Has wings but hops or crawls to move
1.5 mm, parasitic wasp
Behaviors:
Grooms regularly with forelegs
Can reproduce sexually or asexually

3. Elodea Elodea canadensis Plant Kingdom
Green, freshwater plant
Thin stalks with many leaflets
Many celled; cell walls
Often used in aquariums
Cells contain chloroplasts
Behaviors:
Uses photosynthesis
Cells wilt in salt water

4. Blackworm Lumbriculus variegatus Animal Kingdom
Brownish-black
Lives in fresh water
Blood vessel is visible
Segmented
Rounded anterior
Behaviors
Regenerates head and tail segments
Quick tail reflex to avoid predators

5. Duckweed Lemna minor Plant Kingdom
Floats on the surface of fresh water
Stoma on upper epidermis
Reproduces with flowers
Contains chloroplasts
Has stem in water
Behavior:
Uses photosynthesis
Releases O2 into atmosphere

6. Cabbage White Butterfly Pieris rapae Animal Kingdom
Larva feeds on radish plants, cabbage
Reproduce sexually
Adult feeds on nectar using proboscis
Females have two dots on wing; Males one dot
Life span around 3 weeks
Behavior:
Females release pheromone to attract males
Complete metamorphosis

7. Daphnia Daphnia pulnex Animal Kingdom
Small crustacean
Exoskeleton, jointed appendages
Feeds on microscopic organisms
Females develop eggs in brood chamber
Live in freshwater
Behaviors:
Moves in quick, jerky motions
Propels food with leg movement

8. Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae Kingdom Fungi
Round or oval shape
Wide spread in nature
Microscopic
Used to make bread and wine
Can reproduce by budding
Behaviors
Releases CO2
Become active when exposed to heat and moisture

9. Hydra Hydra littoralis Animal Kingdom
5-7 tentacles
Expandable digestive cavity
Invertebrate
Translucent
Feeds on small freshwater organisms
Behavior:
Can release paralyzing poison from nematocysts
Can reproduce by budding

10. Bean Plant Phaseolus lunatus Plant Kingdom
Dicot with two seed cotyledons
Net-like leaves
Tap root system
Produces fruit
Heart shaped leaves
Behaviors:
Uses photosynthesis
Requires cross pollination

11. Paramecium Paramecium multimicronucleatum Protist Kingdom
Tiny hairs called cilia
Invertebrate
Has a nucleus
Oval shape
Lives in fresh water
Behaviors:
Uses cilia to swim
Can reproduce by division

12. Wisconsin Fast Plant Brassica rapa Plant Kingdom
Dicot with two seed cotyledon
Tap root system
Produces fruit
Yellow flowers
Grows quickly days seed to seed
Behaviors:
Cross pollination required
Uses photosynthesis

13. Amoeba Amoeba proteus Protist Kingdom
Reproduce by dividing
Microscopic
Has a nucleus
No true shape
Lives in fresh water
Behaviors:
Moves with pseudopods
Consumes food

14. Spirogyra Spirogyra porticalis Protist Kingdom
Found in fresh water
Chloroplast form in a spiral
Straw-like structure
Green tube shape
Organisms link together
Behavior:
Uses photosynthesis
Organisms form colonies

15. Human Homo sapien Animal Kingdom
Made of cells, tissues, organs, organ systems
Vertebrate
Mammals; hair, live young, produce milk
Sexual reproduction
Long life span
Behaviors:
Walk upright
Many senses; communicate

16. Mold Rhizopus stolonifer Fungi Kingdom
Tiny, black dots
Can’t move
Spores act as seeds
Breaks down organic material for food
Used in antibiotics
Behaviors:
Recycles nutrients
Spores float to new location

17. Euglena Euglena gracilis Protist Kingdom
Eyespot
Contains chloroplasts
Whip tails called flagellum
Live in fresh water
Invertebrate, single cell
Behaviors:
Uses flagellum to swim
Can make food or consume food