Ali Fazal, Ana DLC, Thomas

1. Is it Alive?
By:
Ali Fazal
Thomas Watts
Ana De La Cruz

2. Questions we had
• Is it made of cells?
• Does it react to its environment?
• Does it reproduce?
• Does it grow?
• Does it release Carbon Dioxide?

3. How did we answer the
questions?
• Attempted to look for cells under microscope
• Created different environments:
• Freshwater (Animals
• Saltwater (Animals)
• Soil (Plants, Fungus)
• We couldn’t confirm any reproduction
• Observed it in its environments
• We used bromothymol blue to test for CO2

4. Carbon Dioxide Results
• We found out that it releases CO2

5. Results- Cells
• Not enough data for conclusive statement

6. Results- Saltwater
• The substance had no change in saltwater

7. Results- Soil
•The substance had no change
in soil

8. Results- Freshwater
• Substance changed in freshwater

9. Tools
• We used:
• Microscope
• Camera
• SD Card
• PowerPoint
• Slide Share

10. Conclusion
• Alive
• Because we noticed growth only in freshwater
• Gave off CO2 which is a sign of chemical energy

11. Info Learned
• We learnt that bromothymal blue is an
indicator of CO2
• How cells look
• How to stain an slide
• How to make a wet slide
• How to use a microscope

12. Questions remained
unanswered
• We don’t know whether it
reproduced
• Don’t know whether it has cells