1. Ally Bo, Tony Wang, and Ben Szurek

2.  To be a protist, an organism must be Eukaryotic  This means to have a nucleus that contains the organisms DNA  Cells are larger than archaea and bacteria

3.  Can be single-celled, multicellular, or colonial  Size ranges from microscopic to very large  Can look like animals, plants or fungi, but are usually simpler and smaller  Cell Walls differ based on the species  The kingdom is divided into three broad categories

4. Group Description Animal-Like-Heterotrophs (cannot synthesize own food) -Organisms that consume other organisms -All single-celled Plant-like-Make own food by photosynthesis just like plants do (autotrophs, can synthesize own food) -Can be single-celled, multicellular, or colonial -May have chloroplasts, but no roots, stems or leaves Fungus-like-Dead organisms decompose -Can move during part of their life -Heterotrophs (cannot synthesize own food)

5.  Rhizopoda- Rhizopods, Have and use foot like appendages to move and feed, animal like (Ex. Amoeba)  Rhodophyta- Red Algae, Multi-cellular, photosynthetic, live in salt water, contains red pigment, plant like (Ex. Coralline Algae)

6.  Apicomplexa- Sporozoans, Parasites than move by  Body flexion or gliding. Cause diseases in birds and humans, animal like (Ex. Plasmodium)

7.  Ciliophora- Ciliates, possess many short hair type things called  Paramecium  Cilia, use them for feeding and movement, animal like (Ex. Paramecium)

8.  -Microscopic, hard for predators to find  -Don’t need much food, only need sunlight for photosynthesis (except animal like Protista)  -Some create diseases in creatures from other Kingdoms  -Some Protista are extremely tough  -Protists are very diverse, and the whole Kingdom Protista contains various features of all the other Kingdoms

9.  -Without zooflagellates (type of Protista) termites would not be able to survive. Zooflagellates play a vital role in helping the termites digest the wood they eat  - Algae produces 80% of the world’s oxygen. Algae is made by protists  -Green algae was an ancestor to many modern plants  -Red algae provides many products like ice cream, and dried red algae is used to roll seaweed