Protists

• What is the kingdom name for protists?

  Protista
• Protists are eukaryotic, and unicellular
• Why is the protists kingdom so diverse?

  Catch all kingdom (not based on evolutionary kinship)
• Three types of protists: Protozoa, Slime molds, and Algae
• Algae are plant like protists and contain cell walls, chloroplasts, make oxygen
• Protozoa are animal like, present locomotion, no cell wall, and mostly decomposers
• Types of locomotion in protists: Flagella, pseudopodia, cilia
• Slime molds are fungi like, absorb nutrients, parasitic, have complex life cycles
• Paramecium is a type of protozoa
• Diatoms are a type of algae
• Malaria and African sleeping sickness are causes of harmful protists
• Phytoplankton belong to the?

  Protist kingdom