Name: ______

Per:______

Life Science Webquests

I. Go to the following website. Do each of the activities, then record 3 keywords and your score for the quiz.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/science/organisms_behaviour_health/

Name / 3 keywords / Quiz Score
1. Life Process / /
2. Cells to systems / /
3. Disease / /
4. Variation and
Classification / /
5. Food Chains / /
6. Behaviour / /

II. Go to the following website. Do each of the activities, then record 3 keywords and your score for the quiz.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/science/living_things/

Name / 3 keywords / Quiz Score
1. Circulation / /
2. Human life cycles / /
3. Microorganisms / /
4. Plant and animal
habitats / /
5. Plant life cycles / /
6. Plants / /
7. Skeletons and
muscles / /

III. Go to the following website. http://www2.edc.org/weblabs/Punnett/punnettsquares.html

Get some practice trying your hand at figuring out genetics and how traits/characteristics are passed on. Record how many answers you got right here ______.

Name: ______

Per:______

Life Science Webquests

I. Go to the following website. Do each of the activities, then record 3 keywords and your score for the quiz.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/science/organisms_behaviour_health/

Name / 3 keywords / Quiz Score
1. Life Process / /
2. Cells to systems / /
3. Disease / /
4. Variation and
Classification / /
5. Food Chains / /
6. Behaviour / /

II. Go to the following website. Do each of the activities, then record 3 keywords and your score for the quiz.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/science/living_things/

Name / 3 keywords / Quiz Score
1. Circulation / /
2. Human life cycles / /
3. Microorganisms / /
4. Plant and animal
habitats / /
5. Plant life cycles / /
6. Plants / /
7. Skeletons and
muscles / /

III. Go to the following website. http://www2.edc.org/weblabs/Punnett/punnettsquares.html

Get some practice trying your hand at figuring out genetics and how traits/characteristics are passed on. Record how many answers you got right here ______.

IV. Quia Quizzes and Activities

1.  Go to the following website. Try to match up life science vocabulary in concentration or matching cards.

http://www.quia.com/jg/262310.html

2.  Go to the following website. Test your knowledge about adaptations playing ‘Rags to Riches’! Record your final winnings here: $______

http://www.quia.com/rr/151396.html

3.  Go to the following website. Take the quiz on biomes. Record your quiz score here: ______/20.

http://www.quia.com/quiz/1957181.html

4.  Go to the following website. Take the quiz on Punnet squares. Score ______/6

http://www.quia.com/quiz/806830.html

5.  Go to the following website. Play the Basic Genetics game. Score ____/16

http://www.quia.com/pop/87242.html

6.  Go to the following website. Take the quiz on Energy Flow through Ecosystems. Score ______/10. http://www.quia.com/quiz/1847964.html

7.  Go to the following website. Take the Science Pre-test. Score ______/41

http://www.quia.com/quiz/1535474.html

8.  Go to the following website. Match the cards correctly in the Cell Challenge matching game to review function of cell organelles.

http://www.quia.com/jg/595632.html

9.  Go to the following website. Take the Life Science Review Test. Score ______/80. http://www.quia.com/quiz/1047841.html

10.  Go to the following website. Take the quiz on Human Genetics Disorders. Score ______/8. http://www.quia.com/quiz/1633831.html

V. Go to the following website. Once there, click on the Kid Zone tab. Then choose the link for Classification of Life to find the sites for this assignment.

http://sciencespot.net

Site #1: Biological Classification

1. What does the word “species” mean in Latin? ______

2. Who first proposed a system for classifying organisms? ______

3. What two terms are used for an organism’s binomial name? ______and ______

Site #2: Ology: Biodiversity Everything Counts

Click the link for the Explore the Evidence: The Tree of Life. Explore the diagram to answer these questions.

1.  What type of diagram do scientists use to show how species are related? ______

IV. Quia Quizzes and Activities

11.  Go to the following website. Try to match up life science vocabulary in concentration or matching cards.

http://www.quia.com/jg/262310.html

12.  Go to the following website. Test your knowledge about adaptations playing ‘Rags to Riches’! Record your final winnings here: $______

http://www.quia.com/rr/151396.html

13.  Go to the following website. Take the quiz on biomes. Record your quiz score here: ______/20.

http://www.quia.com/quiz/1957181.html

14.  Go to the following website. Take the quiz on Punnet squares. Score ______/6

http://www.quia.com/quiz/806830.html

15.  Go to the following website. Play the Basic Genetics game. Score ____/16

http://www.quia.com/pop/87242.html

16.  Go to the following website. Take the quiz on Energy Flow through Ecosystems. Score ______/10. http://www.quia.com/quiz/1847964.html

17.  Go to the following website. Take the Science Pre-test. Score ______/41

http://www.quia.com/quiz/1535474.html

18.  Go to the following website. Match the cards correctly in the Cell Challenge matching game to review function of cell organelles.

http://www.quia.com/jg/595632.html

19.  Go to the following website. Take the Life Science Review Test. Score ______/80. http://www.quia.com/quiz/1047841.html

20.  Go to the following website. Take the quiz on Human Genetics Disorders. Score ______/8. http://www.quia.com/quiz/1633831.html

V. Go to the following website. Once there, click on the Kid Zone tab. Then choose the link for Classification of Life to find the sites for this assignment.

http://sciencespot.net

Site #1: Biological Classification

1. What does the word “species” mean in Latin? ______

2. Who first proposed a system for classifying organisms? ______

3. What two terms are used for an organism’s binomial name? ______and ______

Site #2: Ology: Biodiversity Everything Counts

Click the link for the Explore the Evidence: The Tree of Life. Explore the diagram to answer these questions.

1. What type of diagram do scientists use to show how species are related? ______

2. Explore the groups (and yellow circles) shown on the diagram to answer these questions. If you go to another page, click the link for "Cladogram" to return to the diagram.

a. What percentage of the world’s organisms are classified in each group?

Bacteria - _____ Protoctists - _____ Green Plants - _____ Fungi - _____

b. Which animal group makes up the largest percentage of the world’s organisms? ______

c. What are tetrapods? ______

d. What protein do all animals have in common? ______

e. What structure do eukaryotes have in their cells? ______

f. Into what group would humans be classified? ______

Return to the main page for Biodiversity Everything Counts and find the link for the Inside Story: It Takes All_Kinds to Make A World. Read the information and then click the link for Diversity of Life on Earth.

3. Into which kingdom does each organism belong? Write the name of the kingdom on the line.

Blue-Green Alga ______Giant Kelp ______

Extreme Microbe ______Tube Worms ______

Red Mangrove ______Fungus ______

Spiny Lobster ______Diatom ______

Return to the main page for Biodiversity Everything Counts and find the link for the What's This section.

4. Explore this area to learn more about each animal and write its name by its best description.

______A primate related to lemurs

______I'm a blood sucker with three jaws.

______A whale with a long, spiral tooth (tusk)

______My skin is part black and part yellow.

______My bones were used to make huts

VI. Go to the following website. Follow these links Kid Zone > Biology > Pond Water Sites > Smallest Page

http://sciencespot.net

Site #1: Ciliates

1. What two things are cilia used for? ______& ______

2. What is another name for Paramecium? ______

Site #2: Sun animalcules and amoebas

1. How does an amoeba move? ______

2. How does an amoeba reproduce? ______

3. Why can some amoeba get so large? ______

4. What is another name for Sun animalcule? ______

Site #4: Desmids

1. What are desmids? ______

2. What special title are they sometimes given? ______

3. Click on the thumbnail. What kind of water is required to make this desmid? ______

4. What makes a desmid green? ______

Site #5: Diatoms

1. Diatoms make ______houses of ______.

2. When and where do diatoms bloom? ______

Where might you look for some diatoms? ______

3. What are the two different groups of diatoms called? ______& ______

4. Which group can really move around the best? ______

Site #6: Flagellated Protozoa

1. What scientific name is given to the flagella? ______

2. The eyespot enables the protozoa to do what? ______

3. What does the food vacuole do? ______

4. What does the contractile vacuole do? ______

5. Go down to Euglena. What are the rod-shaped structures for? ______

6. What might Haematococcus be doing in your yard? ______

VIII. Identify at least 15 of the following pond critters by answering the questions in the dichotomous key on this page: http://dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/eek/critter/watercritter/critterindex.htm