Introduction to the Protista Kingdom
Introduction to the Protista Kingdom
What are protists? Protists are unicellular organisms that are usually found in freshwater. Your job will be to analyze the pictures and make inferences based on your observations before we begin the unit.
How do scientists classify one-celled organisms?
There are 4 common protists that we will be examining: the euglena, the paramecium, the volvox, and the amoeba. Use your observations from each picture to justify your answer to each question. Refer to your unit vocabulary notes to help you justify your answers. Remember, this is a pre-assessment. We will be revisiting the answers to these questions prior to the unit assessment.
The Paramecium
1. Is the paramecium a prokaryote or a eukaryote? Justify.
2. Is the paramecium an autotroph or a heterotrophy? Justify.
3. How do you think the paramecium moves? Justify.
The Euglena
4. Is the euglena, a prokaryote or a eukaryote? Justify.
5. Is the euglena an autotroph or a heterotrophy? Justify.
6. How do you think the euglena moves? Justify.
The Volvox
7. Is the volvox a prokaryote or a eukaryote? Justify.
8. Is the volvox an autotroph or a heterotrophy? Justify.
9. How do you think a volvox moves? Justify.
The Amoeba
10. Is the amoeba a prokaryote or a eukaryote? Justify.
11. Is the amoeba an autotroph or a heterotrophy? Justify.
12. How do you think the amoeba moves? Justify.
Reflection 1: How did your knowledge of the vocabulary terms AND the drawings help you to answer the questions?
Introduction to the Protista Kingdom
What are protists? Protists are unicellular organisms that are usually found in freshwater. Your job will be to analyze the pictures and make inferences based on your observations after we finish the unit.
How do scientists classify one-celled organisms?
There are 4 common protists that we will be examining: the euglena, the paramecium, the volvox, and the amoeba. Use what you learned from the unit to answer and justify these questions.
The Paramecium
13. Is the paramecium a prokaryote or a eukaryote? Justify.
14. Is the paramecium an autotroph or a heterotrophy? Justify.
15. How do you think the paramecium moves? Justify.
The Euglena
16. Is the euglena, a prokaryote or a eukaryote? Justify.
17. Is the euglena an autotroph or a heterotrophy? Justify.
18. How do you think the euglena moves? Justify.
The Volvox
19. Is the volvox a prokaryote or a eukaryote? Justify.
20. Is the volvox an autotroph or a heterotrophy? Justify.
21. How do you think a volvox moves? Justify.
The Amoeba
22. Is the amoeba a prokaryote or a eukaryote? Justify.
23. Is the amoeba an autotroph or a heterotrophy? Justify.
24. How do you think the amoeba moves? Justify.
Reflection 2: 1) Compare and contrast the amoeba and the paramecium.
2) Compare and contrast the euglena and the volvox.