Protists (Kingdom)
Fungi-like
Decomposer
Heterotrophs
They haev cell walls
They use spores to reproduce
Slime Mold
Brightly colored
Live in moist shady places
They can be tiny and very big
Water Molds and Downy Mildew
Most live in water
They grow in tiny threads that look like fuzz
Responsible for the Irish Potato Famine
Animal-like
Heterotroph
Can move to obtain food
Made of cells with a nucleus and no cell wall
unicellular
Sarcodines
feed using pseudopods
Have a Contractile Vacuole
Example- Amoeba
Ciliates
Use Cilia to move and eat
They sweep food to the Ciliates
Example- Paramecium
Flagellates
Move using the Flagella
Can have multiple Flagella
Example- Peranema
Subtopic
Feed on the cells and body fluids of their hosts
Many have more than one host
Example- Plasmodium
Plant-like
Autotroph
Commonly called algae
Some are Unicellular
Some are Multicellular
Algae
Very important in oxygen reproduction
Most live in water
They contain chlorophyll and photosynthesize
Diatoms
Have glass-like cell walls
Float near the surface of lakes and oceans
Move by oozing chemicals out of slits in their cell walls
Used in household insecticides
Dinoflagellates
Unicellular algae surrounded by stiff plates
Come in a variety of colors, may glow in the dark
All have two flagella
Responsible fro red tides
Euglenoids
Green unicellular algae mostly found in pond water
Can be autotrophs and heterotrophs
Use flagella for movement
Red Algae
Multicellular seaweed
Only needs a smalla mount of sunlight
Used in hair conditioner and ice cream
Contains red chlorophyll
Green Algae
Contains green pigment
Unicellular, multicellular, or colonial
Closely related to plants
Brown Algae
Seaweed with many pigments
It has many plant-like structures