Unit 1-Lesson 5

Question 1

What features do all protists share?

Answer 1

All protists share these features
- All are eukaryotic
- Most are unicellular
- Reproduce asexually by binary fission
- Some reproduce by conjugation
- Found in moist environments: fresh and salt water, moist terrestrial environments, some animal fluids

Question 3

What are the 3 sub categories that the Kingdom Protista can be divided into?

Answer 3

• Animal-like Protists
• Fungus-like Protists
• Plant-like Protists

Question 4

What are the characteristics of an animal-like protists?

Answer 4

• Often called protozoans
• Heterotrophic
• Unicellular
• Some are parasitic and cause human diseases (example: malaria caused by the protozoa Plasmodium)

Question 5

What are some examples of animal-like protists? (4)

Answer 5

Amoebas, Paramecium, Flagellates, and Sporozoans

Question 6

What are the characteristics of a fungus-like protists?

Answer 6

• Resemble fungi in appearance and lifestyle (both produce spores) but they differ from true fungi at the cellular level ex. cell wall
• Heterotrophs
• Unicellular

Question 7

What are some examples of fungus-like protists?

Answer 7

• Water mould
• Slime mould (plasmodial and Cellular)

Question 8

What are the characteristics of a plant-like protists?

Answer 8

• Photoautotrophic
• Unicellular or multicellular
• Contain chlorophyll
• Important part of aquatic food webs

Question 9

What are some examples of plant-like protists?

Answer 9

Euglena, Diatoms, Dinoflagellates