COMPLETE THE POWERPOINT AND CORNELL NOTES. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WRITE THEM IN YOUR CORNELL NOTES FOR CLASS DISCUSSION
Directions
Protista and Fungi
Kingdom Protista
To be a protista you must: Be a eukaryotic organisms Most are unicellular but a few are
multicellular If’s it’s NOT archaebacteria, eubacteria,
fungi, plant or animal
Kingdom Protista Three Classifications (eating habits) 1. Plant-like Protista
Produce their own food by photosynthesis.
2. Animal-like Protista Heterotrophs
3. Fungi-like Protista Decomposers
Plant-Like
Plant-like protista are one celled organisms that have the ability to photosynthesize.
make up the base of aquatic food chains phytoplankton makes up half of the
photosynthesis that occurs on earth (oxygen) can cause Red Tides - algal blooms - which are
toxic Brown, Green, and Red algae
Phytoplankton is considered the base of the aquatic food chain. Why? And what would be the equivalent of phytoplankton on terrestrial surfaces?
Examples
Kelp Forest
A unicellular, eukaryotic organism that has a flagellum and is photosynthetic should be classified in Kingdom Protista.Why would this be within the kingdom Protista and not within the plant kingdom?
Animal- Like Animal-like protista are unicellular and are
heterotrophic. All animal-like protista can move and are called
PROTOZOAN There are 4 types: 1. Pseudopods, 2. Ciliates, 3. Flagella, and Parasitic
Protists Examples of Animal-like Protista
Zooflagellates, Ciliates, Sporozoan
Fungi- Like
Act as decomposers Often have a slimy appearance/texture 3 types:
Plasmodial slime molds Cellular slime molds Water molds
Slime Mold
A team of scientists collected a unicellular, prokaryotic organism that lived in a volcanic hot spring and had lipids in its cell membrane that were not found in any other group of organisms. The scientists most likely classified the organism into which kingdom? Why would this organism not belong to kingdom Protista?
Kingdom Protista
Human uses Most algae are rich in vitamin C and iron Eaten in sushi and ice cream (the
thickening agent found in ice cream called algin is actually from brown algae.
When things go wrong
Some animal-like prostista cause serious diseases such as malaria, African sleeping-sickness
Watch the following video on plasmodia: MALARIA