Plant Like Protists

What are Protists?

• A diverse group of eukaryotes that cannot be classified as animals, plants, or fungi so they have their own kingdom

• They are an infectious agent of small size and simple composition that can multiply only in living cells of animals, plants, or bacteria

• A group of microscopic single-celled organisms that live in enormous numbers in almost every environment on Earth

• Organisms that lacks a distinct nucleus and other organelles due to the absence of internal membranes

Which is a characteristic of Plant Like Protists?

• They find food from their environment as they cannot make their own

• They make their own food through photosynthesis

• They reproduce by forming spores

• They are heterotrophs

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What are Plant Like Protists commonly known as?

• Parasites

• Mold

• Protozoa

• Algae

What are the 3 main types of Algae?

• Red - Brown - Green

• Red - Blue - Green

• Red - Green - Blue

• There is only Green Algae

Which Plant Like Protist is sometimes red and can produce poison?

• Euglenoids

• Red Algae

• Dinoflagelletes

• Diatoms

Dinoflagellates have 2 flagella that allow them to spin

• True

• False

Plant Like Protists can be Parasites

• True

• False