The Protists

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The Protists

• Amoeba

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Animal-like Features

• -Can move
• -Catches food- eats prey
• - Catches prey with pseudopods
• -Specialized food vacuole similar to a lysosome

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Plant-like Features

• none

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Structures/Methods of Movement

• - Pseudopodia (pseuodopods)
• - False feet
• - Moves by extending pseudopods the rest of the
  body follows.

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The ProtistsParamecium
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Animal-like features

• - Can move
• - Catches food by sweeping prey into oral groove

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Plant-like features

• Specialized vacuole
• Contractile vacuole used to get rid of excess
  water

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Structures/Methods of Movement

• - Cilia- tiny, hair-like structures that move
  like oars

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ProtistsEuglena
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Animal-like Features

• - Can move
• - Sense light with eyespot (will move toward
  light)
• - Will catch prey if it doesnt perform
  photosynthesis

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Plant-like Features

• - Can perform photosynthesis
• - Has chloroplasts

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Structures/Method of Movement

• - Flagellum-whip-like structure that moves back
  and forth to propel organism

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ProtistsVolvox
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Animal-like Features

• - Can move

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Plant-like Features

• - Has chloroplasts
• -Performs photosynthesis

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Structures/Method of movement

• - Each individual cell has 2 flagella
• - When each organism moves it causes the entire
  colony to rotate and revolve.