Protist 01/24/13 (pgs ) Know: What’s in your junk drawer at home?

Protist Clarifying ?s Protist Information Organisms that don’t fit into any other Kingdom “Junk Drawer Group”

Protist Clarifying ?s Types Information 1. Animal-like– Protozoans (pro-tuh-zohunz)– heterotrophs, unicellular, able to move Ex. Paramecium, Giardia, Amoeba. Paramecium GiardiaAmoeba

Protist Clarifying ?s Types (continued) Information 2. Fungus-like: heterotrophs, have cell wall, reproduce using spores, able to move. Ex. Water molds, slime molds Water mold Slime Mold

Protist Clarifying ?s Types (continued) Information 3. Plant-like– heterotroph or autotroph, unicellular, or multicellular, eukaryotes. Ex. Seaweed (42 varieties in WA state), plankton, algae (reason for closure of clam digging at Long Beach, WA– toxic level gets too high.) Plankton Red Algae Seaweed

Protist Clarifying ?s Habitat Information Moist surroundings—lakes, rivers, plants, ponds. Vancouver Lake Columbia River Gaiser Pond

Protist Clarifying ?s Impact Cool Fact Information Can cause malaria in humans Some are parasites and kill other organisms (host) in order to survive Ex. Euglena

Summary Evidence: Draw, color, and label each of the following– pg 220 Ameba, pg 221 Paramecium, pg 225 Euglena