protist!
microscopic little creatures that aren't plants nor animals
Mrs. teacher what are protist? well little timmy if you were paying attention for the last few weeks you should know. i was (sort of). okay then little timmy, i'll tell you.
Amoeba in motion
amoeba
unicellular
obtains food: carnivorous
has pseudopod
no cilia
no chloroplast
habitat: calm fresh water
genus: Amoeba proteus
kingdom: protista
food: paramecium and other small microbes
volvox
unicellular (but lives in colonies)
obtains food: photosynthesis
no pseudopod
has chloroplast
habitat: calm fresh water
no cilia
has 2 flagella
kingdom: plantae
genus: volvox
food: solar light
Volvox Dances
euglena
unicellular
obtains food: photosynthesis and in bad conditions can absorb food from the surounding
no pseudopod
has chloroplast
habitat: calm fresh water
no cilia
has flagella
kingdom: excavata
genus: euglena
food: solar light and food particles
Euglena - Flagellum movement in phase contrast
paramecium
unicellular
obtains food: carnivorous
no pseudopod
no chloroplast
habitat: calm freshwater
has cilia
kingdom: chromalveolata
genus: paramecium
food: small microbes
Paramecium eating pigmented yeast
Now, little timmy, do you know now what proti- hey what are you doing on your macbook
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