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Aquatic enviornments
3.summarize why protists are not classified with the other three eukaryotic kingdoms
Section 2
1. Describe a pseudopodium
Diatom cells are found with in a cell wall that is silicic acid
Single called, have short hair structures called cilia, Can move, eukaryotic
6. A classmate makes the statement, “Euglena is a protozoan, not an Alga.” Is this an accurate
statement? Why or why not?
Yes because euglena is a single called, animal like eukaryotic that belongs to the kingdom Protista.
Protozoan can be found wherever their is moisture.
Section 3
1.They live in the digestive tract of humans and animals and aid in digestion.
Mosquito bites
Derivatives of quinine, use bed nets, stay away from mosquito populations
5. Some scientists argue that the relationship between some parasitic protists and their host is
analogous to the relationship between cellular organelles and the cell as described in the theory of
endosymbiosis. Is this argument valid? Explain