Protist Flashcards

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-eukaryotic
-most unicellular, some are multicellular
-range I’m size from a microscopic amoeba to giant seaweed
-thougjt to be the ancestor to all other Eukaryotic kingdoms

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Kingdom protista

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Where are protists found ?

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  • fresh water
  • salt water
    -inside organisms
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Protists are classified by

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The way they obtain nutritions

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If a protist a protist obtains food animal like it is a

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Heterotroph

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If a protist a protist obtains food plant like it is an

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Autotroph

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If a protist a protist obtains food fungus like it is a

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Heterotroph (external digestion )

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  • heterotrophs
    -unicellular
    -classified by the way they move
    E.g , pseudopods (fake foot 🦶), flagella, cilia
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  1. Characteristics of Animal-like a protist (aka protozoans )
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  • photoautotrophs
  • multi or unicellular
    -contains chlorophyll
    -but no roots, streams, or leaves
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  1. Plant-like protist (aka algae or plankton )
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  • heterotrophs
    -decompose dead organisms
    -most unicellular
    -external digestion, then absorb nutrients
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  1. Fungas-like protist
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Protist have both important roles in ____ and __&&

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Ecological and disease

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