Protists Rev & Rei

What characteristic distinguishes most animal-like protists from other protists?

• Most move to make food.

• Most move to get food.

• Most are used as household products

• None

What characteristic distinguishes plant-like protists from other protists?

• Use a variety of pigments to capture the sun's energy

• Use a variety of organelles to capture the sun's energy

• Most are heterotroph

• Most move to get food

What characteristic distinguishes fungus-like protists from other protists?

• Reproduce sexually

• Use spores to reproduce

• Move to get food

• Are only autotrophic

What characteristics are shared by all three types of protists?

• Are eukaryotes

• Are prokaryotes

• Cannot be catalogue as animals, plants or fungi

• Can be catalogue as animal, plants or fungi

plant-like protists

• algae

• protozoan

• pseudopod

• cilia

a temporary bulge of the cytoplasm used for feeding

and movement

• contractile vacuole

• pseudopod

• prokaryote

• protozoan

hair-like projections that are used to sweep in food

and move

• protozones

• contractive vacuole

• cilia

• cilai

a tiny cell that is able to grow into a new organism

• protozoan

• pigment

• cilia

• spore

a eukaryote that cannot be classified as an animal,

plant, or fungus

• protist

• pseudopod

• bacteria

• protozoan

a chemical that produces color

• protist

• pigment

• prokaryote

• pseudopods