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“ WHAT IS THE KINGDOM PROTISTA? ”. Matthew Robbins Mrs. Brown 12/5/08. “ WORDS YOU DON’T KNOW ”. The words you may not know are: Protozoan - one-celled animal-like protist. Pseudopod - fingerlike extension of cytoplasm. Cilium - tiny hairlike structures.
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“ WHAT IS THE KINGDOM PROTISTA? ” Matthew Robbins Mrs. Brown 12/5/08
“ WORDS YOU DON’T KNOW ” • The words you may not know are: • Protozoan - one-celled animal-like protist. • Pseudopod - fingerlike extension of cytoplasm. • Cilium - tiny hairlike structures. • Trypanosomes - disease causing protozoan.
“ KINGDOM PROTISTA ” • Kingdom Protista or Protist Kingdom is made up of very simple organisms. • A few kinds of protists are muticellular. • The protist kingdom is divided into three large groups. • These groups are made up of many differentphyla of organisms.
“ WHAT ARE TWO CHARACTERISTICS OF PROTISTS? ” • Most protists are unicellular. • The protist kingdom is divided into 3 large groups.
“ ANIMAL-LIKE PROTISTS ” • Protozoans are one-celled or unicellular organisms. • They often are called the animal-like protists because they cannot make their own food. • Most protozoans can move about on their own.
“ NAME THREE ANIMAL-LIKE PROTISTS? ” • Amoebas, Paramecia & Trypanosomes are all examples of animal-like protists.
“ AMOEBA ” • An amoeba is a protozoan. • Most amoebas live in fresh water. • They have fingerlike projections of cytoplasm called Pseudopods. • When the amoeba approaches a food particle its pseudopods surrounds the particle & form a food vacuole around it.
“ HOW ARE PSEUDOPODS BENEFICIAL TO THE AMOEBA? ” • An amoeba uses its pseudopods to move through water & to trap & take in food.
“ PARAMECIUM ” • A paramecium is a slipper shaped protozoans. • Cilia are tiny hair-like structures that move. • The cilia moves back & forth like tiny oars. • The beating of cilia moves a paramecium through water. • When the paramecium finds food the moving cilia create a current in the water.
“ WHAT STRUCTURES DOES A PARAMECIUM USE TO MOVE? ” • It is part of a phylum of protozoa that uses ciliafor movement.
“ TRYPANOSOMES ” • A trypanosome is a disease causing protozoan. • Trypanosomes also cause diseases in horses & cattle. • Trypanosomes are part of a group of protozoa with flagella. • The common name for this group is the flagellates. • Some flagellates have one flagellum & others have two or more flagella.
“ HOW DO FLAGELLATES MOVE ? ” • They use a flagella to move.
“ QUESTIONS ” • Protozoans algee & slime molds are all classified in the Protist Kingdom. • Amoebas move by extending their Pseudopod. • A paramecium moves by beating the Cilia that extend from its surface. • Protozoa with flagella are called Paramecium. • Sleeping sickness is caused by a Trypanosomes.