1. Photo by: http://gakuranman

2. A eukaryote that is not a plant animal or fungus
Eukaryotes are cells that have a nucleus (protists are NOT bacteria)
Most protists are unicellular and live in water

3. Watch Protista Video

4. Usually motile
Heterotrophic – must consume food
Examples: ameba, paramecium
Classified by how they move

5. Move using a flagella

6. Move using cytoplasmic extensions called pseudopodia (“false feet”)
Movement is also called ameboid movement

7. Watch the Amoeba Video

8. Protists that move using cilia
Ex: Paramecium

9. Paramecium join at the mouth pore and exchange DNA from the micronucleus
Afterward, they divide (mitosis) and the offspring are different from the original parent
This is a form of SEXUAL reproduction

10. Plantlike Protists: Unicellular Algae
Plantlike Protists: Unicellular Algae *Contain chlorophyll and carry out photosynthesis *Commonly called algae *Examples: Euglenophytes, chrysophytes, diatoms, dinoflagellates

12. Euglena
Live in water
Have flagella for movement
Use chloroplasts for photosynthesis,
Can turn into heterotrophs if they are kept in the dark
Eyespot used for sensing light and dark 

13. Click the link below to watch the Euglena Tutorial…

14. Funguslike Protists *Heterotrophs *Decomposers
*Called slime molds and water molds
*Water molds responsible for the Irish Great Potato Famine
Water mold responsible for the Irish Great Potato Famine
Water molds decompose dead animals in aqueous environment