In metric terms a square foot is a square with sides 0.3048 metres in length. One square foot is the equivalent to 0.09290304 square metres. Common references: The six floors of the White House (Washington D.C., U.S.A.) have a combined floor-space area of approximately 55,000 square feet.
Description: Volvox is a green algae and the culmination of the volvocine line. It is a hollow sphere made up of a single layer of 500-60,000 biflagellate cells. The flagella beat so as to turn the volvox in circles and therefore propel the spheres in water. Volvox is also polar.
Volvox are colonial flagellates and a very popular organism for classroom observations. The colony is large, measuring from 100-6000 microns across. The colony is comprised of many single, bi-flagellated cells connected together by protoplasmic strands. It forms a hollow, green sphere.