There were a lot of interesting things that were found and my partner and I recognized seven total organisms in our drop of pond water but unfortunately, I cannot remember a majority of them. The ones I do remember include a roundworm and a type of euglena, but the exact classification of euglena I do not recall. However, I found it incredible that my partner and I found and recognized seven different species in just a droplet of water, and this doesn't include the other organisms that moved through the microscope that we couldn't recognize in time before something else came along. What was even more amazing was the fact that it didn't take very long for an organism to move or swim into the view of the microscope. I was expecting it to be a couple minutes to see something, but if we waiting about 30 to 45 seconds, there was an organism treading along at it's leisure. What makes me wonder is all of the cool organisms scientists can see when they have an even bigger drop of water, especially considering we found various different species in not even an ounce of water. The organism I am going to describe will be the roundworm. The scientific name for this creature is Nematoda. There are over 12,000 recognized species of roundworm, but scientists think there are many more different kinds out there. Roundworms are typically found in almost every sea, freshwater bodies, and on land, but some have very specific habitats, such as non-parasitic nematodes are adapted to swimming along the bottoms of streams and lakes. Many roundworms are predatory carnivores and contain teeth, and typically feed on organic matter, algae, fungi, bacteria, or even other worms. Mating between roundworms usually happens between a male and a female. Some predators of the roundworm include crayfish, flatworms, and nemertean worms.
If you look closely, you can see a roundworm in the upper left part of the microscope that I took in class during our activity.
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