Protists Flashcards
Three main groups for protists
- Protozoa
- Algae
- Slime and water moulds
Protozoa
animal like
unicellular and they are heterotrophs
they ingest food by Phagocytosis
Example of protozoa
Amoeba
Plasmodium
Algae
plant like
unicellular and are autotrophs
can photosynthesise because of the chloroplasts
examples of Algae
Dinoflagellates
Euglena
spirogyra
Slime and water moulds
fungus like, multicellular
Heterotrophic
they are macroscopic
locomotary structure of Algae
Pseudopodia
Locomotary structure of Paramecium
cilia
Locomotary structure of Euglena and Dinoflagellates
Flagella
cell wall composition
Algae is most likely to have a cell wall of cellulose
Diatoms will have silica for a shiny appearance
Basic characteristics
-Eukaryotes
-uni and multi cellular
Algae is autotrophic the rest are Hetero
How they reproduce
through binary fission but some algae reproduce sexually
