PROTISTA By Brennon, Arvin, Jeremy, Riah and Alexandria

PROTISTA

By Brennon, Arvin, Jeremy, Riah and Alexandria

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Slide 3 - What is a Protista?Slide 4 - Some examples of ProtistaSlide 5 - Some facts about ProtistaSlide 6 - How do Protista eat?Slide 7 - How do Protista reproduce?Slide 8 - Where do Protista’s live?Slide 9 - How many species of Protista's are there?Slide 10 - An extinct ProtistaSlide 11- AdaptationsSlide 12 - How do they move?Slide 13 - StructuresSlide 14 - ImagesSlide 15 - BibliographySlide 16 - The End

WHAT IS A PROTISTA?

A Protista is a kingdom filled with microscopic living things that have only one cell. These kind of creatures are called unicellular. That means one cell.

SOME EXAMPLES OF PROTISTA ARE....

CercozoaAmoebozoaDinoflagellataRadiolariaForaminiferaMetamonadaand Ciliophora.

SOME FACTS ABOUT PROTISTA’S

The first Protista were found a million years ago.Some Protista can give humans diseases such as malaria.Protista were first classified in 1830.

HOW DO PROTISTA’S EAT? WHAT DO THEY EAT?

Protista eat things such as algae, bacteria, plankton and other Protista. They use an eating technique calledfilter feeding.

HOW DO PROTISTA'S REPRODUCE?

Protista’s reproduce in 2 different ways.The first way is called conjugation. The other way is called binary fission.Conjugation requires 2 Protista's to mate.Binary fission is a Protista's splitting itself in two parts to reproduce.

WHERE DO PROTISTA’S LIVE?

Protista’s live in moist habitats like damp tree trunks and wet sidewalks.

HOW MANY SPECIES ARE THERE?

There are currently 60,000 classified protists throughout the world.

AN EXTINCT PROTISTA

One notable extinct Protista is called ediacaran biota.

IMAGES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

http://waynesword.palomar.edu/trfeb98.htmhttp:http://wiki.answers.com/http://en.wikipedia.org