1. A who’s who of the Protista Kingdom

2. What are The five kingdoms? Monera PROTISTA Fungi Plantae Animalia

3. What is a Protist? Do any of these look familiar?

4. What are the characteristics of the Kingdom Protista? 1. Eukaryotic 2. Heterotrophic and Autotrophic 3. Live in aquatic environments 4. Unicellular or multicellular 5. Reproduce both sexually and asexually

5. What are the three types of protists? 1. Algae – the plant-like protists 2. Slime molds – the fungi-like protists 3. Protozoans – the animal-like protists

6. Algae- The plant like protists Key Characteristics: Autotrophs Use chloroplasts to make food. Examples include Euglenoids, Dinoflagellates, Diatoms and Seaweeds.

7. euglenoid Example: Euglena

8. Example: plankton Dinoflagellates and Diatoms Diatoms

9. Green Algae Provides most of the Earth’s oxygen!

10. Brown Algae Known as kelp and used for food.

11. Red Algae

12. Slime molds- the fungus like protists Key Characteristics: Heterotrophic Decomposers- Feed on dead plants and animals Examples include Plasmodial slime molds, Cellular slime molds, Water molds

13. Slime Molds

14. Protozoans- the Animal like protists Key Characteristics: Heterotrophic Most have projections used for movement. Examples: Ciliates, Zooflagelletes, Amoeboids (Apicomplexans)

15. Ciliates Cilia Example: Paramecium

16. ZooFlagelletes Example: Giardia Flagella

17. Amoeboids psuedopod Example: Ameoba

18. Apicomplexans Example- Plasmodium (causes malaria) Inside Red Blood Cells

19. The end