protist
any eukaryote that is not a plant, animal, or fungus
aquatic
live in water
protozoa
animal-like
algae
plant-like
slime mold
fungal-like
protozoans
animal-like, classified by method of locomotion
parasites
get nourishment from a host
Trypanosoma
carried by the tsetse fly and carries African Sleeping Sickness (lives in the host’s blood); a neurological disease that causes abnormal sleeping patterns
pseudopodia (false feet)
move by using extensions of their cytoplasm
amoeboid motion
movement using pseudopodia
phagocytosis
traps food with pseudopodia
vacuole
phagocytosis surrounds its food and forms a food _______ around it to store it
contractile vacuoles
pumps out excess water
cilia
move by using hair-like structures
pellicle
stiff outer covering that gives it shape
oral groove
opening lined with cilia that bring food into the gullet to be digested into food vacuoles for storing
micronucleus
controls reproduction
Macronucleus
controls basic cell activities (i.e. Metabolism)
Gullet
Helps food get to the vacuoles
Plasmodium
carried by the female Anopheles mosquito and causes malaria