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Unit 5: Pathogens
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BECOMING A PRO AT PROTISTS NOTES
Eukaryotes (you – carry - oats)
Definition: any living thing whose cells have a
KEY IDEA: Any organism with MORE THAN ONE CELL is a EUKARYOTE. Most living
things – mammals, insects, fish, birds, plants, mushrooms, etc. – are eukaryotes.
Prokaryotes (pro – carry - oats)
Definition: any living thing whose cells do
EXAMPLES: Bacteria
Protists (pro – tists)
Definition:
Paramecium (pare – uh – mee – see - um)
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Paramecium use CILIA to
What are CILIA?
Amoeba (uh – me - bah)
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Amoeba use PSEUDOPODS to
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What is a PSEUDOPOD?
NOTE: Plant-like protists make their own food. These are usually called ALGAE.
Euglena (you – glee - nuh)
Euglena have CHLOROPLASTS, the same organelle that allows plants to turn sunlight into food.
They also have FLAGELLUM
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What does a euglena use its FLAGELLUM for?
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volvox (vole - vocks)
 A green algae that grows in round colonies.
 Each individual cell has 2 flagella.
 All flagella in colony work together to help volvox swim.
What can you do on your own?
1. Circle the protists below:
Amoeba
Flagellum
Virus
Eugleana
Psuedopods
Bacteria
Volvox
Flagella
Paramecium
Fungus
Cilia
2. Now match each of the structures that allow the protist to move to the above protist by drawing
arrows.
3. Are protist living or non-living?_______________________
4. Which plant like protist makes most of the oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere?________
Protist
Name of Structure used Drawing
for movement