Biology
HS/Science
Unit: 11 Lesson: 02
Comparing Types of Protists
Station 5
Objective: Compare the characteristics of plant-like, fungus-like, and animal-like protists.
Procedure:
1. Visit some of the suggested websites below, or use other resources provided by your instructor to
research the characteristics of plant-like, fungus-like, and animal-like protists.
2. Create a chart, similar to the one shown below, in your science notebooks, and fill in the
characteristics for each type of protist.
Type of
Protist
Cell Type
Feeding Type
(Uni-, multi-,
(Heterotroph/Autotroph)
colonial)
Ability to
Move (if
yes, how?)
Method of
Reproduction
Examples
Suggested Websites:
http://biology.clc.uc.edu/courses/bio106/protista.htm
http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/P/Protists.html
http://www.lanesville.k12.in.us/lcsyellowpages/tickit/carl/protists.html
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