Grade 8: Microbes book

MICROBES BOOK Name: ___________________________

You will write a Microbes book on bacteria, viruses, protists, and fungi. Each page must include an illustration or picture printed from the internet and all of the information you collected on this sheet. I have included questions to help you and you will use this information to write your paragraphs. You may print or type the book, but the book must be written neatly on blank paper (I will provide this). Use your textbook, EOG coach book, and the internet to get information and pictures.

Structure of the book:

1. Title page: Include the title “Microbes” or “Microbiology”. Include the author (you), and an illustration or printout of microbes.
2. Introduction to Microbes: pg. 1
3. Viruses: pg. 2
4. Bacteria: pg. 3
5. Fungi: pg. 4
6. Protists: Introduction pg. 5
7. Protists: Euglena pg. 6
8. Protists:Amoeba pg. 7
9. Protists: Paramecium pg. 8
10. Protists: Volvox pg. 9
11. Uses of Microbiology and Biotechnology pg. 10

Page 1: Introduction to Microbes (pgs. 108-110, Lesson 46)

1. What are microbes or microorganisms? ____________________________________________________________________________________
2. What is microbiology? ____________________________________________________________________________________
3. What are the types of microbes you will write about? ____________________________________________________________________________________

Page 2: Viruses (pgs. 111-115, Lesson 46/47/48)

1. What are viruses? ____________________________________________________________________________________
2. How are they like living things? ____________________________________________________________________________________
3. How are they like non-living things? ____________________________________________________________________________________
4. How do viruses reproduce themselves? Tell the steps of this cycle. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. Give three examples of viruses. How does each virus pass from person to person or animal to animal. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
6. Tell about the harmful effects of one virus: ____________________________________________________________________________________
7. ***Draw the reproduction cycle of the virus AND a picture of one virus. Label your virus.

Page 3: Bacteria (pgs.117-121, Lesson 46/47/48)

1. What are bacteria? ___________________________________________________________________________________
2. Are they eukaryotes or prokaryotes? _____________________________________________________
3. How do bacteria move? _______________________________________________________________
4. How can bacteria reproduce so quickly? ___________________________________________________________________________________
5. Tell about bacteria’s adaptability: ____________________________________________________________________________________
6. Tell about two benefits of bacteria. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
7. Tell about two disadvantages of bacteria. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
8. Tell three ways we can kill or slow down bacteria. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
9. ***Draw and label three examples of bacteria (see pg. 312 in EOG book).

Page 4: Fungi (pgs. 124-130)

1. What is fungi? ____________________________________________________________________________________
2. Are they prokaryotic or eukaryotic? ______________________________________________________
3. How is fungi diverse? ____________________________________________________________________________________
4. Tell two examples of how fungi is beneficial. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. Tell two examples of how fungi is harmful. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
6. Give three examples of fungi. ___________________________________________________________
7. ***Print out/draw a picture of fungi and label it.

Page 5: Protists – Introduction (pgs. 131-134)

1. What are protists? ____________________________________________________________________________________
2. Are they prokaryotic or eukaryotic? _______________________________________________________
3. Give three examples of protists from your textbook. _________________________________________
4. Are all protists harmful? __________________________
5. Give two examples in which protists can harm humans or animals. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
6. *** Draw or print out a picture of a common protist and label it.

Page 6: Protists – Euglena (Lesson 44)

1. Is it unicellular or multicellular? __________________________________________
2. What does unicellular mean? ___________________________________________________________
3. How is Euglena similar to a plant? __________________________________________________________________________________
4. How is Euglena similar to an animal? ___________________________________________________________________________________
5. What function does its eyespot have? ___________________________________________________________________________________
6. How does it move? ___________________________________________________________________
7. ***Draw/print out a picture of a Euglena. Label its chloroplasts, nucleus, eyespot, and flagellum.

Page 7: Protists – Amoeba (Lesson 44)

1. Is it unicellular or multicellular? ________________________________________________________
2. How is an amoeba animal-like? ___________________________________________________________________________________
3. How does an amoeba “eat” another protist? ___________________________________________________________________________________
4. How does an amoeba move? ___________________________________________________________
5. *** Draw/print out a picture of an amoeba. Label its nucleus and psuedopod.

Page 8: Protists – Paramecium (Lesson 44)

1. It is unicellular or multicellular? _________________________________________________________
2. How is a paramecium animal like? _______________________________________________________
3. How does it move? ___________________________________________________________________
4. ***Draw/print out a picture of a paramecium. Label its nucleus and cilia.

Page 9: Protists – Volvox (Lesson 44)

1. The volvox is unicellular but lives in ______________________________________________________
2. How many volvox can live in one cell? ___________________________________________________
3. How does it move? ______________________________
4. ***Draw/print out a picture of a volvox. Label the flagella.

Page 10: Microbiology and Biotechnology – Its Uses in Every Day Life (Lesson 50, Chapter 7)

1. What is biotechnology? ____________________________________________________________________________________
2. Give three ways biotechnology is used in every day life. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. How has biotechnology helped North Carolina’s economy? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. What some ethical issues of biotechnology? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. ***Draw/print out a picture of biotechnology or one of its uses.