PROTISTS The “Little Guys”. BUT… There are some general characteristics they all share: Unicellular (made of one cell) Unicellular (made of one cell)

PROTISTSThe “Little Guys”

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http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/chromista/browns/fucussm.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/chromista/phaeophyta.html&h=300&w=245&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbrown%2Balgae%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DN

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BUT… There are some general characteristics they all share:

Unicellular (made of one cell)

Eukaryotes (have a nucleus)

Live in moist environments

Protists

Animal-like Protozoans

Plant-like Algae

Fungus-like

• Heterotrophs

• Classified by how they move

• Autotrophs

• Have cell walls

• Heterotrophs

• Have cell walls

- Sarcodines

- Ciliates

- Zooflagellates

- Sporozoans

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.tulane.edu/~wiser/protozoology/notes/protist.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.tulane.edu/~wiser/protozoology/notes/morph.html&h=705&w=608&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dprotozoa%26start%3D80%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DN

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.zoobotanica.plus.com/GIF%2520files/Botanical/algae.GIF&imgrefurl=http://www.zoobotanica.plus.com/portfolio%2520botany%2520pages/algae.html&h=472&w=472&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dalgae%26start%3D80%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DN

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.mackerelstreet.com/features/pics/bigslime.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.mackerelstreet.com/features/slimeforgov.html&h=600&w=571&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dslime%2Bmold%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8

PROTOZOANS

Move using PSEUDOPODS (“false feet”), bulges of the cell membrane

Example: AMOEBA

Pseudopod

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.mohonasen.org/dmssci/intproj/virus/amoeb.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.mohonasen.org/dmssci/intproj/science7mb/proto.htm&h=283&w=361&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dprotozoans%26start%3D80%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DN

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.scibridge.sdsu.edu/coursemats/introsci/diversity/protists/amoeba.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.scibridge.sdsu.edu/coursemats/introsci/diversity/eucarya.html&h=258&w=455&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dprotists%26start%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DN

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Sarcodine Animations/Videos

PROTOZOANS

Move using CILIA, tiny hair-like projections that move in a wavelike motion, acting like oars

Example: PARAMECIUMCilia

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Ciliate Animations/Videos

PROTOZOANS

Move using FLAGELLA, a long, whip-like structure

Example: EUGLENAFlagella

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.scibridge.sdsu.edu/coursemats/introsci/diversity/protists/euglena.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.scibridge.sdsu.edu/coursemats/introsci/diversity/eucarya.html&h=236&w=456&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dprotists%26start%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DN

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.troy.k12.ny.us/thsbiology/images/euglena.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.troy.k12.ny.us/thsbiology/skinny/skinny_excreation_locomo.html&h=169&w=258&prev=/images%3Fq%3Deuglena%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=faculty.uca.edu/~benw/biol1400/pictures/euglena.jpg&imgrefurl=http://faculty.uca.edu/~benw/biol1400/notes3.htm&h=320&w=169&prev=/images%3Fq%3Deuglena%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.dalton.org/departments/Science/Science5/kingdoms/Euglena.JPG&imgrefurl=http://www.dalton.org/departments/Science/Science5/kingdoms/protists.html&h=369&w=211&prev=/images%3Fq%3Deuglena%26start%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DN

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.loyno.edu/~biology/euglena.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.loyno.edu/~biology/teachinglabs.html&h=145&w=227&prev=/images%3Fq%3Deuglena%26start%3D40%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DN

Zooflagellate Animations/Videos

PROTOZOANS

Parasites that feed on the cells and fluids of their host

Example: PLASMODIUM (causes malaria)

Transmitted by mosquitoes

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=biodidac.bio.uottawa.ca/ftp/BIODIDAC/PROTISTA/SPOROZOA/PHOTO/SPOR012P.GIF&imgrefurl=http://biodidac.bio.uottawa.ca/thumbnails/filedet.htm%3FFile_name%3DSPOR012P%26File_type%3DGIF&h=293&w=440&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dplasmodium%26start%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DN

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.wehi.edu.au/MalDB-www/Mosquito.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.wehi.edu.au/MalDB-www/intro.html&h=154&w=261&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dplasmodium%26start%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DN

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/05/images/0625_malaria.jpg&imgrefurl=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/06/0625_wiresmalaria.html&h=153&w=180&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dplasmodium%26start%3D40%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DN

ALGAEDiatoms

Dinoflagellates

Green Algae

Brown Algae

Red Algae

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=sinancanan.tripod.com/micro/diatom.jpg&imgrefurl=http://sinancanan.tripod.com/micro/micro.htm&h=544&w=513&prev=/images%3Fq%3Ddiatom%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.priweb.org/ed/pgws/systems/images/diatom.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.priweb.org/ed/pgws/systems/energy_capture/capture.html&h=321&w=337&prev=/images%3Fq%3Ddiatom%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.uni-kiel.de/ftzwest/ag1/diatom.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.uni-kiel.de/ftzwest/ag1/wattphyt-e.htm&h=350&w=230&prev=/images%3Fq%3Ddiatom%26start%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DN

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www-plb.ucdavis.edu/images/courses/s00bis1c/Dinoflagellate.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www-plb.ucdavis.edu/courses/s00/bis1c/labimages2.html&h=300&w=288&prev=/images%3Fq%3Ddinoflagellate%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8

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http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=staff-www.uni-marburg.de/~cellbio/Spirogyra.JPG&imgrefurl=http://staff-www.uni-marburg.de/~cellbio/chlorophytes.htm&h=240&w=320&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dspirogyra%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/chromista/browns/fucussm.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/chromista/phaeophyta.html&h=300&w=245&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbrown%2Balgae%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.sonoma.edu/biology/algae/Nereocystis.GIF&imgrefurl=http://www.sonoma.edu/biology/algae/Brown.html&h=420&w=255&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbrown%2Balgae%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/protista/reds/porphyra.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/protista/rhodophyta.html&h=311&w=456&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dred%2Balgae%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DG

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/Microcladia.GIF&imgrefurl=http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookDiversity_3.html&h=281&w=273&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dred%2Balgae%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DG

FUNGUS-LIKE

Slime Molds

Water Molds

Downy Mildews

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.colostate.edu/Depts/CoopExt/TRA/PLANTS/images/ZachJoneSlimeMold1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/CoopExt/TRA/PLANTS/turfslim.html&h=480&w=640&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dslime%2Bmold%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.plant.uga.edu/mycology-herbarium/Ceratio2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.plant.uga.edu/mycology-herbarium/GAmyxos.htm&h=470&w=600&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dslime%2Bmold%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.lane-ag.org/OSU/plant%2520pathology/images/downy%2520mildew/Downy%2520mildew%2520on%2520watermelon%2520leaf.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.lane-ag.org/OSU/plant%2520pathology/images/downy%2520mildew/Downy%2520mildew%2520on%2520watermelon%2520leaf.htm&h=322&w=489&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%2522downy%2Bmildew%2522%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8

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PROTISTS The “Little Guys”. BUT… There are some general characteristics they all share: Unicellular (made of one cell) Unicellular (made of one cell)

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sporozoans slide

ciliate animationsvideos

amoeba pseudopod slide

algae fungus

cell eukaryotes

cell unicellular

cell membrane example

cell walls heterotrophs