Animal Like Protists
Animal-like protists are also commonly called by this name.
Protozoans
These are commonly called algae and can be unicellular or multicellular.
Algae
Fungus-like protists use these tiny cells to reproduce.
Spores
The "false feet" that an amoeba uses to move and catch food.
Pseudopods
The type of environment where you are most likely to find any protist.
Moist or wet (Water)
This specific animal-like protist is known for its constantly changing shape.
Amoeba
Like plants, plant-like protists use this process to make their own food.
Photosynthesis
This type of fungus-like protist is often brightly colored and lives on decaying plants.
Slime Molds
Tiny hair-like projections that move like oars to propel a Paramecium
Pseudopods
An interaction where at least one species benefits; many protists live this way.
Symbiosis
Animal-like protists are primarily grouped/classified by this characteristic.
How they move
These unicellular algae have beautiful, glass-like cell walls.
Diatoms
This famous fungus-like protist caused the Irish Potato Famine in the 1840s.
Water Molds
A long, whip-like tail used by a Euglena or some zooflagellates to move.
Flagellum
When one protist lives on or in a host and causes it harm.
Parasitism
This structure in many protozoans collects and expels excess water from the cell.
Contractile Vacuole
These protists are responsible for "red tides" in the ocean.
Dinoflagellates
Unlike true fungi, fungus-like protists are able to do this at some point in their lives.
Move
The part of a Euglena that helps it find sunlight for photosynthesis.
Eyespot
This animal-like protist is known to cause Malaria in humans.
Plasmodium
Protozoans that are parasites and cannot move on their own belong to this group.
Sporozoans.
This giant multicellular seaweed can grow up to 100 meters long.
Giant Kelp (Brown Algae).
Like fungi, fungus-like protists get their energy this way (role in ecosystem).
Decomposers
The "mouth" of a Paramecium where food is swept in by cilia
Oral Groove.
A relationship where both the protist and its host benefit, like those in termite guts.
Mutualism