Protists: Simple eukaryotes
Characteristics:
• Have a nucleus (eukaryotic)
• Have organelles
• Single-celled or multi-cellular
without specialized tissues
• Very diverse but simpler than
animals, plants or fungi
Subgroups:
1. Protozoa: Animal-like
2. Algae: Plant-like
3. Slime molds: Fungi-like
Energy
Chloroplasts &
Cell Wall
Protozoa
Algae
(Animal-like)
(Plant-like)
Heterotrophs: Do
Autotrophs:
respiration
Do Photosynthesis
Neither
Usually both
Reproduction
Movement
Found where?
Famous
Members
Binary Fission
Binary Fission
Move using
Most cannot move
different
structures
In ponds, lakes,
Same
and oceans
Amoeba,
Green algae,
Paramecium
Euglenas
Structures for Movement:
1. Pseudopodia: “false feet”
2. Flagella: whip-like structure
3. Cilia: tiny hairs that beat
together
__________: Simple eukaryotes
Characteristics:
• Have a ________ (eukaryotic)
• Have organelles
• Single-celled or multi-cellular
without specialized ________
• Very diverse but _________
than animals, plants or fungi
Subgroups:
1. __________: Animal-like
2. __________: Plant-like
3. __________: Fungi-like
Energy
Chloroplasts &
Cell Wall
Protozoa
(Animal-like)
Algae
(Plant-like)
_________:
_________:
Do respiration
Neither
Do Photosynthesis
Usually both
Reproduction
Movement
Found where?
Famous
Members
Binary Fission
Binary Fission
Move using
Most cannot move
different
structures
In ponds, lakes,
Same
and oceans
Amoeba,
Green algae,
Paramecium
Euglenas
Structures for Movement:
1. ________________: “false feet”
2. Flagella: whip-like structure
3. _________: tiny hairs that beat
together