Pond Microorganism Description Average Size 0 5 mm

Pond Micro-organism Description Average Size: <0. 5 mm paste photo here Movement: slow gliding movement What causes movement: Other: brownish, cell wall is silica and has 2 parts. Lives alone or in a colony. Magnifcation: 100 x Name: Diatom Classification (group): Algae http: //www. microscopyuk. org. uk/index. html? http: //www. microscop y-uk. org. uk/pond/index. html Slide created by Jane Cameron

Pond Micro-organism Description Average Size: 0. 1 - 0. 4 mm Movement: doesn’t move much What causes movement: unknown paste photo here Other: it has a shell of sand grains Magnifcation: 100 x Name: Shelled amoeba Classification (group): Protozoa http: //www. microscopyuk. org. uk/index. html? http: //www. microscop y-uk. org. uk/pond/index. html Slide created by Manka

Pond Micro-organism Description Average Size: 0. 1 -0. 5 mm Movement: moves with little hairs on its sides What causes movement: swimming? paste photo here Other: two tails, hairy, round mouth opening Magnifcation: 100 x Name: Gastrotrichs Classification (group): Gastrotrichs (No group) http: //www. microscopyuk. org. uk/index. html? http: //www. microscop y-uk. org. uk/pond/index. html Slide created by Manka

Pond Micro-organism Description Average Size: unknown Movement: wiggling and slithering like a snake What causes movement: Wiggles like a snake paste photo here Other: . . . Magnifcation: 100 x http: //www. microscopyuk. org. uk/index. html? http: //www. microscop y-uk. org. uk/pond/index. html Name: Oedogonium Classification (group): Algae Slide created by Manka

Pond Micro-organism Description Average Size: 0. 02 -5 mm Movement: move with pseudopods What causes movement: pseudopods; wiggling and reforming like liquids paste photo here Other: Magnifcation: 100 x Name: Amoeba http: //www. microscopyuk. org. uk/index. html? http: //www. microscop y-uk. org. uk/pond/index. html Classification (group): Protozoa Slide created by Manka

Pond Micro-organism Description Average Size: 20 mm Movement: moves with its tentacles What causes movement: its tentacles flailing around causes the hydra to move paste photo here Magnifcation: 100 x Other: it catches its prey by wrapping tentacles around victim’s body Name: Hydra Classification (group): Hydra (no group) http: //www. microscopyuk. org. uk/index. html? http: //www. microscop y-uk. org. uk/pond/index. html Slide created by Manka

Pond Micro-organism Description Average Size: 0. 5 -2 mm Movement: unknown What causes movement: unknown paste photo here Other: none Magnifcation: 100 x Name: Green algae (Chlorophyta) Classification (group): Algae http: //www. microscopyuk. org. uk/index. html? http: //www. microscop y-uk. org. uk/pond/index. html Slide created by Manka

Pond Micro-organism Description Average Size: 0. 01 -1 mm Movement: pseudopods What causes movement: moves with radiating, hairlike pseudopods paste photo here Other: none Magnifcation: 100 x Name: Helizoans (Sun animacules) Classification (group): Protozoa http: //www. microscopyuk. org. uk/index. html? http: //www. microscop y-uk. org. uk/pond/index. html Slide created by Manka

Benchmark L. 2. 8 A. 7 a Pond Life Project Standards Identify common unicellular organisms in diagrams, photographic and/or microscopic slides