Section 1

1. List three characteristics of protists

fungi, plant, animal

2. Describe the kinds of environments in which protists thrive.

Aquatic enviornments

3.summarize why protists are not classified with the other three eukaryotic kingdoms

Protists don’t have all the characteristics of fungi, plants, or animals

4. Summarize the asexual life cycle of chlamydomonas species

Vegetative, gametogenesis, adhesion, gamete activation, fusion, zygote, meiosis

5. Describe two ways sexual reproduction can occur in multicellular protists

1. When two haploid gametes fuse. 2. Conjugation

Section 2

1. Describe a pseudopodium

They can move and catch prey.

2. Describe the shells of diatoms

Diatom cells are found with in a cell wall that is silicic acid

3. Construct a table that compares three kinds of algae

4. Contrast euglena with two

other phyla of flagellates

5. Describe five general characteristics of Paramecium

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. Summarize two different ways protists affect human health

1.They live in the digestive tract of humans and animals and aid in digestion.

2. They are detrivores

2. Describe three human diseases caused by protists.

Malaria, amebic dysentery, African sleeping sickness

3. Describe how malaria is transmitted.

Mosquito bites

4. Identify the techniques used to control malaria

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

Yes. There are similarities between prokaryotes and mitochondria.