Cyanobacteria

Under a 10 x microscope, spirulina most closely resembles what?

• a spikey cylinder

• a round beachball

• hairlike strands

• square blocks

Spirulina does not contain which the following important organelles

• Golgi body

• mitochondria

• ribosome

• nucleus

Which of the following cell parts do cyanobacteria have? (More than one answer)

• Chloroplasts

• Cell wall

• Nucleus

• Chlorophyll

Select the following that apply to cyanobacteria (More than 1 answer)

• Multicellular

• Unicellular

• Prokaryote

• Eukaryote

• Make their own food (Photosynthesize)

What is the name of some of the very first Algae on our planet?

• Blue Algae

• Green Algae

• Cyanobacteria

• Protozoa

How long ago did these Cyanobacteria first show up?

• 1 million years ago

• 4 million years ago

• 3.5 billion years ago

• last week

Guest speaker Alexandra Cousteau believes that Algae has the power to....

• Undo the "carbon and greenhouse gas harm" that we are doing to the planet

• Grow out of control and harm our oceans

• change the way we create products that we're formerly petrol based plastics

• make sushi taste even better

2 types of cells on our planet are...

• Protists

• Prokaryotes

• Dinoflagellates

• Eukaryotes

Cyanobacteria are

• Single celled

• Multicellular

• Eukaryotes

• Prokaryotes

Spirulina has DNA that is located where..

• Inside of it's nucleus

• Outside of it's cell wall

• Free floating within the cell

• Wrapped around its flagella