Protists
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Plant-like Protists
Protists which contain chlorophyll for photosynthesis.
Euglena is a common plant-like protist.
Characteristics of Euglena:
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A second, common example is green, brown, and red algae.
Algae supply about 80% of the global oxygen supply.
Animal-like Protists
Must move in order to obtain food – heterotrophs.
A common example is the Amoeba. It moves by extending and retracting pseudopods (false feet).
Characteristics of an Amoeba:
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How an Amoeba engulfs food:
A second common protist is the Paramecium.
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A Paramecium reproducing by conjugation:
Criteria
Euglena
Amoeba
Paramecium
Category
Contain
chloroplasts
Amount of cells
Locomotion
Reproduction
Some animal-like protists (________________) lack methods of _______________; they have no
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These are members of the phylum _________________, are _________________, and depend
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They can reproduce ____________________________ which develop into new individuals
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The best known protozoans are from the genus ____________________. These protists are
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