Protists
By Maddie Ballard and Isabel Phillips
Amoeba
Lives: Fresh water.
Method of locomotion: extends a psuedopod then draws itself to it.
Method of getting food: It flows it's cell membrane and cytoplasm around the food.
Type of reproduction: asexual
One quality setting it apart from the other three: any spot on it can open and excrete waste.
Euglena
Eugleana:
Lives: Brackish (salt and fresh water)
Method of locomotion: they wiggle a whip likae tail called a flaguella.
Method of getting food: They produce their own food using photosynthesis and chloroplasts.
Type of reproduction: asexual
One quality setting it apart from the other three: can be left alone in the dark for a long time.
Volvox
Volvox:
Lives: Fresh water
Method of locomotion: they also use a flagella.
Method of getting food: Also use photosynthesis.
Type of reproduction: Sexual
One quality setting it apart from the other three: They team up to form a ball shape of colonies.
paramecium
Paramecium:
Lives: Fresh Water.
Method of locomotion: has a cilia.
Method of getting food: the Oral groove leads to a gullet where food is placed.
Type of reproduction: asexual
One quality setting it apart from the other three: has two nuclei