Protista Chart

Name of Organism and Number	Kingdom/Group	Body Organization	Mode of Nutrition	Mode of Locomotion	Other
Vorticella #30	Protista/Ciliate	unicelluar	heterotrophic	Cilia	can attach itself to objects
Amoeboid #1	Protista	One nucleus one cell	Consumer	Pseudopodia
Amoeba #2	Protista/Protozoa	One nucleus one cell	Consumer	Pseudopodia	Common pond dweller
Parameclum #3	Protista/Protozoa	One nucleus one cell	Consumer	Cilia	Common pond dweller
Stentor #4	Protista/Protozoa	Unicellular	Consumer	Cilia	Food vacuoles
Trypanosoma #5	Protista	Unicellular	Parasite	Swim with flagella	Parasite
Diatom #13	Protista/Bacillariophyta	Unicellular	photosynthetic	Slime secretions	Filaments or colonies
Dinoflagellates #15	Protista	Most are unicellular	Consumer	Two flagella	Cause red tides
Euglena #16	Protista/Algae	Unicellular	Consumer	Swim with flagella	Common pond dweller
Volvox #17	Protista/Algae	Unicellular	Photosynthetic	Cilia	Spherical
Spirogyra #18	Protista/algae	Unicellular	Photosynthetic	Flagella	Green algae
Ulva #23	Protozoa/seaweed	Unicellular	Photosynthetic	None	Green algae
Focus #24	Protozoa/seaweed	Unicellular	Photosynthetic	None	Largest protist
Red algae #26	Protozoa/seaweed	Unicellular	Photosynthetic	None	Red algae
Laminaria #28	Protozoa/seaweed	Unicellular	Photosynthetic	None	Borwn algae

General characteristics of protists

Cell type:  Eukaryotic                                                                Cell Number: unicellular           

Major Mode of Nutrition: Absorb, ingest or photosynthesize     Mobility: Both motile and nonmotile

            Cell wall: Present in algal forms: varies                                       Reporoduction: Sexual and asexual
 

Different types of protista according to their mode of nutrition.
    a.    protozoa - Consumers
    b.    slime molds - Saprophytic
    c.    algae - Photosynthetic
    d.    water molds - Parasitic

Types of protozoa, and describe their modes of locomotion.
            Zooflagellates – Swim with Flagella

            Sarcodines - Pseudopodia

            Sporozoans - Nonmotile
            Ciliates – Swith with cilia
 

Functions of these organelles found in protozoans.
   a.  food vacuoles – used to obtain energy
   b.   contractile vacuoles – excretes water to combat osmosis
   c.    pseudopodia – used for locomotion (false foot)
   d.    flagella – used for locomotion (whip like appendage)
   e.    cilia – many per cell used for locomotion (hair like)
 

Kinds of algae the fit in the following categories:
    a.    green – spirogyra, Volvox
    b.   red – Sebdenia, Corallina
   c.    brown – Fucus, Sareassum, Laminara
   d.    golden brown - Chrysophyta
   e.    cell wall with silica - Diatoms
   f.    two flagella – Chlamydomonas, Dinoflagellates

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