Protist01/24/13
(pgs 99-100)Know:
What’s in your junk drawer at home?
ProtistClarifying ?s• Protist
Information• Organisms that don’t fit into
any other Kingdom “Junk Drawer Group”
Protist
Clarifying ?s• Types
Information• 1. Animal-like– Protozoans
(pro-tuh-zohunz)– heterotrophs, unicellular, able to move Ex. Paramecium, Giardia, Amoeba. Paramecium
Giardia Amoeba
Protist
Clarifying ?s• Types (continued)
Information2. Fungus-like: heterotrophs,
have cell wall, reproduce using spores, able to move. Ex. Water molds, slime molds
Water mold
Slime Mold
Protist
Clarifying ?s• Types (continued)
Information• 3. Plant-like– heterotroph or
autotroph, unicellular, or multicellular, eukaryotes. Ex. Seaweed (42 varieties in WA state), plankton, algae (reason for closure of clam digging at Long Beach, WA– toxic level gets too high.)Plankton
Red Algae
Seaweed
Protist
Clarifying ?s• Habitat
Information• Moist surroundings—lakes,
rivers, plants, ponds.Vancouver Lake
Columbia River
Gaiser Pond
Protist
Clarifying ?s• Impact
• Cool Fact
Information• Can cause malaria in
humans
• Some are parasites and kill other organisms (host) in order to survive Ex. Euglena
Summary
Evidence: Draw, color, and label each of the
following– pg 220 Ameba,
pg 221 Paramecium, pg 225 Euglena