Unit 1 Study Guide Answers
S5L3. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to compare and contrast the parts of plant and animal cells.
a. Gather evidence by utilizing technology tools to support a claim that plants and animals are comprised of cells too small to be seen without magnification.
b. Develop a model to identify and label parts of a plant cell (membrane, wall, cytoplasm, nucleus, chloroplasts) and of an animal cell (membrane, cytoplasm, and nucleus).
c. Construct an explanation that differentiates between the structure of plant and animal cells.
Vocabulary
magnification, microscope, hand lens, cell, cell structure, evidence, structure, organelles, function, cell, animal cell, plant cell, cell membrane, cell wall, cytoplasm, nucleus, chloroplast,
S5L4. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about how microorganisms benefit or harm larger organisms. (Clarification statement: Possible microorganisms could include Tardigrades, Lactobacillus, Probiotics, Rotifers, Salmonella, Clostridium botulinum (Botox), E-coli, Algae, etc. Students are not expected to know these specific microorganisms. The list is provided to give teachers examples.)
a. Construct an argument using scientific evidence to support a claim that some microorganisms are beneficial.
b. Construct an argument using scientific evidence to support a claim that some microorganisms are harmful.
Vocabulary
microorganism, beneficial, harmful, decomposers, decomposition, digestion, bacteria (with examples such as lactobacillus, salmonella, E. Coli, staphylococcus, & streptococcus), antibiotic, probiotic, protist, algae, fungi, yeast, mold, *virus
*not a microorganism by definition, but viruses may be mentioned when studying microbes because they can reproduce once they have a host cell; they can behave like a living thing.