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1
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Most protists are…

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Microscopic and unicellular

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They can either be

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Autotrophic or heterotrophic

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3
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Most protists can_______ during their lifetime

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Move

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Protists can reproduce

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Asexually, sexually, or both

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What are the three groups of protists

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Animal like, plant like, and fungus like

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What is another word and example of animal like protists

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Protozoans and paramecium

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What is another word and example of plant like protists

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Algae and euglena

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What are examples of fungus like protists

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Plasmodial slide mold and water mold

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What are the characteristics of animal like protists

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Heterotrophic, mostly unicellular, no cell walls, can move, and reproduce sexually, asexually, or both

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Protozoans are classified according to

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Locomotion, feeding habits, and reproduction

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What are the four phylums of animal like protists

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Sacrodina, ciliophora, zoo assigns, and sporozoa

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How do sacrodina move

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Pseudopods

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What is an example of sacrodina

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Amoeba

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How do ciliophora move

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Cilia

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What is an example of ciliophora

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Paramecium

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How do zoomastigina move

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Flagella

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What are examples of zoomastigina

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Trypanosoma aka African sleeping sickness

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How do sporozoa move

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They don’t

19
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What is an example of sporozoa

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Plasmodium aka malaria

20
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All protists are…

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Eukaryotic

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What are plant like protists called

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Algae

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Where do plant like protists live

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Water

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What are the characteristics of plant like protists

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Autotrophs, have flagella, pyrenoids

24
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What are phytoplankton

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What covers the surface of the ocean. They are small unicellular algae at the bottom of the food chain

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What are colonial algae

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A group of unicellular organisms living and working together

26
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What is an example of a colonial algae

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Volvox

27
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What is a filamentous alga

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Spirogyra

28
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What is a large multicellular algae

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Kelp

29
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The body of a multicellular algae is called a

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Thallus

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