1. EUGLENA, AMOEBA, PARAMECIUM, VOLVOX6
Protists:
EUGLENA, AMOEBA, 
PARAMECIUM, VOLVOX

2. Every living thing is an organism!
All living organisms:
Are made of cells
2. Gets energy from food and can store it
3. Can Grow
4. Can respond to environment
5. Adapt to environment
6. Can Reproduce

3. What is a Protist?
Less complex organism with many different characteristics.
Protists are considered living organisms

4. EUGLENA Lives in: Fresh water Energy:
Producer/Autotroph (makes 
their own food)
Heterotroph (gets food by eating other things)
Some contain 
chlorophyll

5. More Info on Euglenas Eyespot helps them sense light.
Waste- Contractile Vacuole holds excess water and removes it 
from the cell.
Movement- Flagella

6. More on Euglenas Reproduction- Asexual (binary fission)
Shape changes easily so it can move around

7. Draw and label this Euglena:

8. AMOEBA
Found in freshwater and salt water around dead and decaying material.
Energy- 
It’s a parasite which means it gets energy by invading 
other organisms

9. Amoebas Waste- Contractile Vacuole holds waste
Movement- cytoplasmic streaming and
pseudopodia (false feet)
Reproduction- Asexual (binary fission)

10. Draw and Label this Amoeba:

11. PARAMECIUM Found in freshwater. Most complex single cell organism.
Energy- 
Cilia sweeps food 
into food passageway.

12. Paramecium
Waste-
Anal Pore (food waste is removed) and Contractile Vacuole (water waste)
Movement- Cilia 
(tiny hairs that move 
back and forth.)

13. Paramecium Reproduction- Sexual (two Parents)
Has two nuclei (Macronucleus and Micronucleus)

14. Draw and Label this Paramecium:
Macro
Macronucleus

15. VOLVOX Found in ponds ditches and puddles.
Forms colonies of tiny 
flagellate cells. (more 
than 50,000 cells)
Called green algae.

16. Volvox Energy- photosynthesis and flagella help bring in nutrients.
Eyespots: helps gather energy by 
sensing light.

17. Volvox
Movement- flagella
Reproduction- 
asexual and sexual

18. Draw and Label this Volvox:

19. Flagella: long, whip like tail that helps an organism move
Protist Organelles
Cytoplasm: gel like substance inside of the cells that holds organelles
Cytoplasmic Streaming: the flow of cytoplasm inside of cell that helps the organism move
Contractile Vacuole: structure that opens and closes to release water/waste
Flagella: long, whip like tail that helps an organism move
Cilia: short hairs that move back and forth for movement
Pseudopods: false feet used for movement in amoebas
Nucleus: brain of the cell, controls all cellular action
Chloroplasts: where photosynthesis occurs, turns sunlight into energy
Oral Groove: opening in a paramecium where nutrients enter
Eye Spot: in Euglena’s, helps it detect light