What are these?

Protists
(These ones are diatoms specifically)
 What are protists?
Protists are not bacteria
Protists are not viruses
Protists are not animal cells
Protists are not plant cells
Protists are not fungus
 So what are they?

Anything that is none of the above.

Protists are eukaryotic cells (they have a

nucleus and organelles)

Protists can be single celled or multicellular

Protists all look very different from each

other.
 The 3 domains of life

Bacteria Archaea Eukarya

Kingdom of Kingdom of Kingdom of Kingdom of

Protists Plants Fungi animals

Protists are eukaryotes that are

not animals, plants or fungi.
 Classification according
to characteristics

Animal-like Plant-like Fungus-like

 Animal-Like Protists: Protozoa

Like animals
Not a plant

The most obvious characteristic

of animals is movement.

Protists that move are called

Protozoa (animal-like)
 Animal-Like Protists: Protozoa
Protozoa are further classified by HOW they move:

Amoeba Ciliates Flagellates Sporozoa

Adult form
Shape-change Swimming hair Swimming tail
stops moving
 Amoeba

Amoeba capturing Amoeba moving Amoeba gathering

a ciliate around food
 Amoeba
Nucleus
Food
DNA
Vacuole
Pseudopod
Digestion
Movement

Cytoplasm Contractile
Vacuole
Movement/holds cell
components Collects and expels
water (homeostasis)
Ciliates
 Example: Paramecium

Nucleus Cilia
Food
vacuole Movement

Contractile
Vacuole
Regulates water

Cell mouth

Anal pore
Flagellates
 Example: Giardia

2 Nuclei 3 Pairs of Flagella

Plant-Like Protists (Algae)

Not a fungus

The most obvious characteristic

of plants is Photosynthesis

Protists that are autotrophs are

called ALGAE.
 Algae types

Make a table about the different algae

types.
For each, include:
● A picture
● Unicellular or multicellular
● 3 facts (as bullet points)
Diatoms bonus video
Fungus-like Protists

Characteristics
● Heterotroph
● Cell walls
● Reproduction by spores
Slime molds: very weird protists
Amoeba phase Fusion into a mega Fruiting and spore
(single celled) organism release
 Slime mold “intelligence”

● Slime molds can react to

stimuli as one organism.
● They display “swarm
intelligence” like ants,
exchanging information
and even forming
“memories”.
 Slime molds

In this experiment, slime

mold is recreating the
Tokyo transport network by
finding the most efficient
connecting between food
sources.
 Water molds and downy mildews

Like water and moist places

Often grow like fuzzy hair.

Food and crops are moist.

During the Irish potato famine,

20% of the population starved.