Ch 3 Protist Lab
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Name _______________________ Pd. _________
Protists
Seat #1: Fill out notes based on the reading passages
Protists are found:
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Some are marine which means: ________________
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Some are parasitic meaning: ___________________
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Some are terrestrial meaning: ___________________
Carry your Domain Notebook,
Lab sheet and pencil to each
station.
Protist Characteristics:
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All protest cells have a nuclei which means they are ___________________.
o
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Multinucleate:
Variety of cellular organization:
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Colonies: ___________________________________________________
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Single cells
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__________________ __________________ (ex. Seaweed)
Seat #2: Fill out notes based on the reading passages
Obtaining Food:
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They all need food which they get many ways
o Autotrophic: _______________________________________
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“____________” protest have lots of _________________ which contain a green
pigment called ________________________
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Cell _______ are similar to _________________ and are made of _________________.
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Heterotrophic: _____________________________________
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Parasitic
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Some can _______________ as environmental conditions _________________
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___________________ : cell eating
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___________________ : cell drinking
Seat #3: Fill out notes based on the reading passages
Motility (Movement):
Most are _____________________
o ___________________ :have tightly packed rows of short flagella called __________ which are
used for ______________________ and ___________________
 Eat (or ingest) ___________________
 Most well known
o Others use ____________________: complex whip-like structure
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o
__________________flagella ______________ from _________________ flagella in
both ________________ and _________________
Some move by ____________________: temporary cytoplasmic extensions
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________________ means “ ____________ __________”
Seat #4: Summarize the following information, using 1 or 2 sentences for each section
Size: ________________________________________________________________________________
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Relationship (include all 3!): ____________________________________________________________
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Organelles (2 sentences):_______________________________________________________________
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Amoeba (Protozoans)
Animal- like Protists
#5: Using the picture in your domain notebook on page 4, label each part and give its function
Seat
Seat #6: Fill in the notes using the information provided
Amoeba - ____________- _________ Protist (Protozoan)
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Move by ___________ (lengthen) & ______________ (shorten) of _______________, or
“__________ ____________”
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Characteristic movement by extension is called “_______________ ________________”
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__________________ is also extended to surround other __________________ or __________
___________________ and bring them into the body
o Packed into ___________ _________________
o Type of food gathering called _____________________
Seat #7: After watching the short video, describe how an amoeba moves using key vocab words like
pseudopod ________________________________________________________________________________
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Seat #8: View the slide under the microscope and draw a picture. Include the magnification (which should
be high power
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Paramecium (Protozoans)
Seat #9: Using the picture in your domain notebook on page 5, label each part and give its function
Seat #10: Fill in the notes using the information provided
Paramecium - ____________- ______ Protist (Protozoan)
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Covered with __________________ causing the protozoan to move in a ______________
locomotion (movement pattern)
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Cytostome:
o Located at the end of the _________ ______________ which is a ciliated
______________ (has cilia)
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Some groups of cilia create _________________ _______________
o Job is to funnel ____________________ which is the paramecia’s food
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Food Vacuole
o Forms around: ______________________________________
o Content of vacuole get digested by __________________
o Undigested material is: ________________________________________________
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Contractile vacuoles
o Look like: _____________________________
o Job: __________________________________________
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Have ____ types of nuclei
o Macronucleus function: _______________________________
o Micronucleus function: _________________________________
Seat #11: After watching the short videos of amoeba and paramecium, describe 2 differences between
them. ____________________________________________________________________________________
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Seat #12: View the slide under the microscope and draw a picture. Include the magnification (which
should be high power
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Euglena
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Seat #13: Using the picture in your domain notebook on page 8, label each part and give its function
Seat #14: Fill in the notes using the information provided
Euglena- ___________- _______ Protist (Algae)
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Photosynthesizer: _______________________________________________________________
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Major recyclers of ________________
o Primary component of ________________ ___________________
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Store ___________ in the form of _____________________
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Eyespot is a __________________________ (senses light)
o Located at the ___________________ (head) end
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______________ ___________________: actively seek ________________ and use
_______________________ to swim toward it.
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Large ______________: found in the ________________ of the cell.
Using page 79 of the textbook, why are plant-like protist like plants? ______________________
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Seat #15: Using page 78 of the textbook, Draw and Label a Flagellate (Giardia) into your Domain NB p. 6
Using page 78 of the textbook, Draw and Label a Parasite (Plasmodia) into your Domain NB p. 6
Seat #16: Using page 79 of the textbook, summarize what diatoms are:
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Diatoms: ____________________________________________________________________________
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Draw 3 different Diatoms into your Domain NB on p. 7
Seat #17: Using page 79 of the textbook, summarize what dinoflagellataes are:
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Dinoflagellates: ______________________________________________________________________
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Draw and Label the Dinoflagellate into your Domain NB on p. 7
Algae (plant-like protist)
Seat #18: Using pages 79-81 in the textbook, briefly describe what Algae are, including 3 specific
examples. _________________________________________________________________________________
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Examples: ________________________, _____________________________, ____________________
Seat #19: Using the website (kids.lowdpoa.com/water/all-about-algae) list 3 reasons algae are beneficial
and 3 ways they are harmful.
Beneficial
1. ____________________________________________________________________________________
2.
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3.
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Harmful
1.
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2.
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3.
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Seat #20: Using the microscope slide, Draw and Label Spirogyra onto page 9 in your domain notebook.
Seat #21: Using the reference pages, Draw and Label Red Algae onto page 9 in your domain notebook.
Seat #22: Using page 81 of your textbook, Draw and Label Brown Algae onto page 10 in your D. NB
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Fungus-like Protists
Seat #23: Using page 82 of the textbook, why are fungus-like protist like fungi? _____________________
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 Briefly describe what a slime mold is (use page 82 of your textbook)
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 Using page 82 of the textbook, Draw and Label the mass, and spore producing stalks of the Chocolate
tube slime mold into your Domain notebook page11.
Seat #24: Briefly describe what a water mold and downy mildew are (use page 83 of your textbook)
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 Using page 83 of the textbook, Draw and Label Water mold on fish and downy mildew on a grape
leaf into your Domain notebook page11.
Seat #25: Complete page 3 of your domain notebook, outlining Chapter 3 Section 1 (hint: use the
headings and subheadings- Red and blue writing).
Seat #26: Complete page 12 of your domain notebook- summarizing/ reviewing Protists.
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Fungi
Using the notes and textbook provided at each station
Seat #27: Complete page 13 of your domain notebook- Kingdom- Fungi.
Seat #28: Complete page 15 of your domain notebook- Asexual Reproduction of Fungi.
Seat #29: Complete page 12 of your domain notebook- Sexual Reproduction of Fungi.