Unicellular Organisms

Kingdom = Protista Phylum = Euglenophyta have both plant and animal characteristics

flagellum – a long whip-like structure that acts like a little motor can move in an inchworm type fashion

heterotrophic = must consume food autotrophic = can make its own food chloroplasts used for photosynthesis eye spot to detect light

quiet ponds or puddles can live in fresh or brackish water

reproduce asexually by splitting in two

Kingdom = Protista freshwater algae likes to form colonies

bi-flagellum – whip-like structure divided into two that acts like a little motor

Like euglena, they can consume food, or make their food through photosynthesis they are mixotrophs

deeper ponds, lagoons, and ditches – places that receive rainwater

asexually usually done in colonies sexually also while in colonies cells are hermaphroditic, but cannot fertilize themselves