Protist Facts
Are protists eukaryotic or prokaryotic?
Eukaryotic
What is another name for animal-like protists?
Protozoa
Where would you find a slime mold?
On decaying forest litter and rotting wood
Plant like Protists have this organelle that is responsible for photosynthesis.
What is Chloroplasts?
What are three kinds of animal-like protists?
Possible answers: amoebae, ciliates, flagellates, sporozoa
What is an example of a plant-like protist?
Possible answers: dinoflagellates, diatoms, Euglena, algae
What is different about the way fungus-like protists eat compared to animal-like protists?
Fungus-like protists break down their food before they absorb it.
The control center of the protest cell and contains genetic instructions.
What is the nucleus?
What are the three types of locomotion that are used by animal-like protists?
Cilia (Paramecium), pseudopodia (Amoeba), and flagella (Euglena)
This plant like protist has an eyespot to help it detect light.
What is a Euglena
What is a difference between fungus-like protists and fungi?
Fungus-like protists can move at some point in their life, and fungi cannot move.
How are protists different from bacteria?
Bacteria are prokaryotic with no membrane-bound organelles, protists are eukaryotic with membrane-bound organelles
What is the name for the kind of animal-like protist that can't move on its own?
Sporozoa
Which kind of plant-like protist can be both an autotroph and a heterotroph?
Euglena
Fungus-like protists often live on this type of material.
Decaying Matter and organisms