Protozoa

These characteristics are common between algae and protozoa (three correct answers)

• They are eukaryotic

• They are always unicellular

• They are protoctists

• They live in aquatic or moist environments and soils

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How do we classify algae??

• According to where they live

• According to the type of cell they have

• According to how they move

• According to their color

Protozoa are ______________ and they obtain their food by a process called _______________.

• Autotrophic - Photosynthesis

• Heterotrophic - Photosynthesis

• Heterotrophic - Phagocytosis

• Autotrophic - Phagocytosis

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Protozoa are classified....

• According to their color

• According to their shape

• According to where they live

• According to how they move (if they move)

Malaria is a disease caused by...

• An alga

• A protozoa

• A mosquito

• A rabbit

In this picture we can see a _____________________ because it moves using _________________ that surrounds it.

• Ciliate - cilia

• Flagellate - Flagella

• Rhizopoda - Pseudopods

• Sporozoans - spores

One celled organism with a nucleus

• Bacteria
• Protists
• Fungi
• Virus

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One celled organisms with no nucleus

• Bacteria
• Protists
• Fungi
• Virus

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Tiny hair-like structures uses for movement and gathering food by single celled organisms

• Flagella
• Pseudopods
• Cilia
• Cytoplasm

A whip like structure used for movement by single celled organisms

• Flagella
• Pseudopods
• Cilia
• Cytoplasm