Protist Review

Paramecium

• Looks like an oval with prickles all around it• Moves using the “prickles” called cilia• Consumes or eats food• Most complex and specialized of the protists• This group of organisms is called ciliates• Animal-like protist

Paramecium

• http://www.eduplace.com/science/hmxs/ls/pdf/5rs_2_1-4.pdf

Paramecium

Amoeba

• Looks like a “splat”• Moves by cytoplasmic streaming• Moves using “finger-like” parts of blob called

pseudopods• Consumes food by surrounding food and

engulfing it with the pseudopods and creating a food vacuole

• Animal-like

Amoeba

• http://www.eduplace.com/science/hmxs/ls/pdf/5rs_2_1-2.pdf

Amoeba

Euglena

• Looks like an oval with a tail• Moves using a flagella which looks like a tail or a

whip• Has an eyespot but cannot see• This group of organisms is call flagellates• Can make food (photosynthesis) or capture food• Contains chlorophyll in chloroplast• Lives in fresh water• Animal-like but sometimes plant-like

Euglena

• http://www.eduplace.com/science/hmxs/ls/pdf/5rs_2_1-3.pdf

Euglena

Volvox

• A volvox colony looks like a fuzz ball!• Each individual volvox moves using two

flagella• Each individual volvox can make food through

photosynthesis• Volvox live in a colony – you have already

drawn a colony• Plant-like

Volvox

• http://www.eduplace.com/science/hmxs/ls/pdf/5rs_2_1-7.pdf

Volvox