Protists

what is a Protist?

Any eukaryotic organism that isn’t a part of the plant, animal, or fungi family (classfied as what they are NOT rather than what they are)

Animal-Like Zoofalgellates

use their flagella to move around, abosorb food through their cell membranes

Animal-Like “Sarcondines

Use pseudopods to move around and expand out of the cell to surround their food

Animal-Like “Ciliates

Use cillia to move around and sweep food into their gullet

animal Like “Sporozoans”

do not move on their own and are parasitic

Plant-Like “Euglenophytes

have two flagella and a unique cell membrane called a pellicle

Plant-Like “Chrysophytes

they have two different sized flagellas and store food as oil

Plant-Like “Diatoms”

use a gliding mobility throuhg a mucus trail, Cool jewel like cell wall

Plant-like “Dinoflagellates”

spinning flagella, and their bioluminescence

Plant-like “rhodophyta”

red algea

what is acrasiomycota

Cellular slime molds

What causes an algal bloom

an overabundance of nutrients causing rapid algae growth