Kingdom Protista

All protists are: Eukaryotic Unicellular or Colonial

Types of Protists Protozoans – act like animals Algae – act like plants

Protozoans Heterotrophic Unicellular Classified by how they move Can be free-living, parasitic, or mutualistic (helpful)

Sarcodines Move by pseudopodia Amoebae Some have shells Reproduce by binary fission

Amoeba Anatomy

Amoeba Movement & Feeding Pseudopods Shape is constantly changing Food is surrounded by pseudopods and stored in a food vacuole

Ciliates Have lots of cilia! Move by waves of cilia Paramecium

Paramecium Anatomy

Flagellates Move with Flagella The organism which causes African sleeping sickness - carried by the tsetse fly

Flagellates

Algae – Plant-like Euglenas – move with flagella Diatoms - Golden algae Dinoflagellates – Cause RED TIDES Red, Brown, and Green Algae

Euglenoids Aquatic Move around like animals Can ingest food from surroundings when light is not available

Euglena

Diatoms Golden brown algae Two part shell of silicon (glass) Food stored as oil Responsible for most oil consumed today

Dinoflagellates Spin around using two flagella Responsible for Red Tides Create toxins that can kill animals sometimes people and

Algae Microscopic to over 20 m. Classified by color Seaweed Used in ice cream