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