Name:
Date:
Period:
You will move around your lab station today in stations 1 – 5.
STATION 1: LIFE OF A TAPEWORM
Use the 8 cards located in the envelope on your table. These cards illustrate the lifecycle of a tapeworm in a dog.
Organize them in order throughout the life cycle of the tapeworm, and write the steps below. When you are finished,
come up to the front to check your answers.
1) ___________________________________________
5) _______________________________________
2) ___________________________________________
6) _______________________________________
3) ___________________________________________
7) _______________________________________
4) ___________________________________________
8) _______________________________________
STATION 2: NAME THAT WORM
Use the powerpoint loaded on your computer to answer: Name that Worm! You will look at pictures of various worms,
and identify whether they are classified in the Phylum Nematoda or the Phylum Platyhelminthes. Circle the phylum on
your paper.
1) Phylum Nematoda
Phylum Platyhelminthes
5) Phylum Nematoda
Phylum Platyhelminthes
2) Phylum Nematoda
Phylum Platyhelminthes
6) Phylum Nematoda
Phylum Platyhelminthes
3) Phylum Nematoda
Phylum Platyhelminthes
7) Phylum Nematoda
Phylum Platyhelminthes
4) Phylum Nematoda
Phylum Platyhelminthes
Total # correct: _________ out of 7
STATION 3: QUIZ QUESTIONS
You will use your flip book to write questions for a quiz. I have given you space for 8 questions, including the answer,
however, you may complete more than 8.
1) _________________________________________________________________________________________
a. _____________________________________________________________
2) _________________________________________________________________________________________
a. _____________________________________________________________
3) _________________________________________________________________________________________
a. ____________________________________________________________
4) _________________________________________________________________________________________
a. ____________________________________________________________
5) _________________________________________________________________________________________
a. _____________________________________________________________
6) _________________________________________________________________________________________
a. _____________________________________________________________
7) _________________________________________________________________________________________
a. _____________________________________________________________
8) _________________________________________________________________________________________
a. ______________________________________________________________
STATION 4: Cryptogram
Figure out the phrase below by identifying the letters that go in each
numbered space. The phrase will have to deal with worms.
STATION 5: Questions and Identification
1. Why are the animals in Phylum Nematoda, called roundworms? ______________________________________
2. These animals have a cluster of nerve tissue we can call a very simple _____________.
3. TRUE or FALSE
Nematodes (roundworms) are the most abundant animal on Earth.
4. What does it mean to regenerate? ________________________________________________
5. What is the head of the tapeworm called? _____________________________________________
IDENTIFICATION: COMPARE and CONTRAST
Use the microscope at your station to look at the scolex of a tapeworm (Taenia sp.) Draw a picture of what you see on
40x total magnification below. When you are finished, go up to the front of the room and compare the Flatworm to a
Roundworm. Notice the difference in the two types of worms.
I.
Lab station slide (FLATWORM)
II. Front microscope slide (ROUNDWORM)
Flatworm:
Taenia sp.
Roundworm:
Ancylostoma
40 x
40 x
What difference did you notice between the two worms?
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