Kingdom Protista Web-Quest
Each student must turn in their own assignment using your own words. Use the following
websites to find the answers to the questions below.
Ron's Pond Scum
http://www.silkentent.com/gus1911/RonPond.htm
Online Biology Book
http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookDiversity_3.html
1.
Approximately how many years ago were protists first found in the fossil record?
2.
Where are four places protists are found?
3.
What are the methods of locomotion used by protists. Draw a picture of each
form. Be sure to label your pictures.
4.
What group of protists causes malaria and toxoplasmosis?
5.
What are the three modes of transmission for malaria?
6.
Most ciliates have two nuclei, what are their names and functions?
7.
What is the role of the contractile vacuole?
8.
What organelle allows the Euglena to be autotrophic?
9.
How do other protists feed?
10.
How do protests move substances through their cell bodies?
11.
What group of protists causes red tides?
12.
What chemical is extracted from red algae that is added to commercial ice creams
as an emulsifying agent?
13.
Giant sea kelp is not a plant, what type of protist is it?
14.
What is the form of asexual reproduction used by protists?
15.
Name and describe a form of sexual reproduction in protists.
16.
What is the name of the largest single celled protist?
17.
If exposed to intense artificial light the blepharisma disintegrates and dies, why?
18.
How fast can an amoeba move?
19.
Amoebas are classified as a (carnivore, herbivore, omnivore)?
20.
How do stentors channel food into their mouths?
21.
What organelle is analogous to a stomach in a stentor and other protists?
22.
From the two websites that you have visited, draw your favorite picture onto your
answer page. Include the correct taxonomic name of your organism and explain
why this is your choice.