What Are Protists SN Check

All protists

• have a nucleus

• obtain energy the same way

• have flagella

• are prokaryotes

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

makes its own food and is unicellular or multicellular

• plantlike

• animal-like

• funguslike

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

eats other organisms and is mostly unicellular

• plantlike

• animal-like

• funguslike

breaks down other organisms and is mostly multicellular

• plantlike

• animal-like

• funguslike

microscopic, plantlike protist with a hard outer wall. Cell walls contain a large amount of silica - the main mineral in glass

• diatom

• dinoflagellates

• euglenoids

• algae

plantlike protists that use light energy and carbon dioxide to produce food through photosynthesis. Often the basis of aquatic food chains.

• diatom

• dinoflagellates

• euglenoids

• algae

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

unicellular, plantlike protists that have a flagella. Some glow in the dark when distrubed

• diatom

• dinoflagellates

• euglenoids

• algae

unicellular, plantlike protists with a flagellum at one end of their body. Do not have cell walls but are covered by a rubbery coat called a pellicle. Have eyespots and can absorb nutrients from decaying matter

• diatom

• dinoflagellates

• euglenoids

• algae

protists that resemble tiny animals

• protozoans

• algae

• slime mold

• dinoflagellates

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

a protozoan that have cilia - short, hairlike structures which help them move through the water

• ciliates

• flagellates

• sarcodines