1. PRotists

2. Essential Questions
What are the four types of protists? How are they different?

3. How A Tiny Amoeba Can Eat Your Brain

4. What’s a Protist?
“Protista” – is a kingdom of life

5. What’s a Protist? 1) Eukaryotic 2) Microscopic (most are unicellular)
All protists are:
1) Eukaryotic
2) Microscopic (most are unicellular)
3) Aquatic (live in water)

6. Four Types of Protists
Name
How It Eats
How It Moves

7. Name How It Eats How It Moves
Amoeba
Surrounds/engulfs food using pseudopod (an extension of the cytoplasm that forms when the cytoplasm extends away from the nucleus.
pseudopod

9. Cilia (tiny hairs used for movement)
Name
How It Eats
How It Moves
Paramecium
“Sweep” food into cell
Cilia (tiny hairs used for movement)

11. Name How It Eats How It Moves
Euglena
Photosynthesis
Flagellum whip-like tail that moves quickly back & forth to propel the Euglena through water

13. Mainly photosynthesis
Name
How It Eats
How It Moves
Volvox
*Colony of many cells*
Mainly photosynthesis
Flagella whip-like tail that moves quickly back & forth to propel the Volvox through water

15. Protist Foldable Page 17 in Science Notebook
Outside flap: Name of Protist
Top Inside: Colored illustration
Bottom Inside: How it Eats, How it Moves

16. PARAMECIUM
AMOEBA
VOLVOX
EUGLENA

17. Protist Profile Glossary Words
Cilia
Flagellum
Pseudopod
Autotrophic
Heterotrophic
Locomotion
Eye Spot
Photosynthesis