Slide 1Biology Slide 2 Protist characteristics Protists are organisms that do not fit into any other kingdom. They can either by uni-celled or simple multicellular. They…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Slide 3 Protists First discovered by Leeuewenhoek after discovery of microscope- called “animalcules” All eukaryotes, mostly single celled, some multi-cellular…

Slide 1Protists What is a protist? Protist Diversity Diseases Caused by protists Slide 2 Protists Have Complex Cells Eukaryotic-with a nuclear membrane Membrane bound organelles…

Slide 1 + Protists Chapter 21 Slide 2 + General Characteristics of ProtistsProtists Protists are eukaryotes, in the Kingdom Eukarya Most are unicellular and free-living (not…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Domain Eukarya Kingdom(s?): Protists Slide 3 Themes in the Evolution of Protists n Larger Cell Size Larger cells make possible the evolution of diverse structures…

Slide 1 2008 Study Guide for Chapter 19, Protists General Characteristics of protists Animal-like protists: heterotrophs – Protozoa 4 phyla Characteristics –Movement,…

Taxonomy!! Taxonomy! Branch of biology used to classify organisms according to their characteristic similarities Consider phylogeny (evolutionary history) relationships of…

Kingdom Protista General Introduction Protists first appeared in the fossil records about 1.5 billion years ago Demonstrate an important evolutionary advancement, a membrane…

Slide 1 All of the living and nonliving components of the environment make up this. What is an ecosystem? 5 2 The physical location in which an organism lives is known as…

PROTISTS Protists Have Complex Cells Protists have a nucleus which contains chromosomes. Membrane-bound organelles, such as chloroplasts and mitochondria, are found in the…