Essays Tagged: "Protist"
Biology notes on the "Phyla of Protists." This Phyla includes algea, protists, sponges, etc.
Phyla of Protists*Move using pseudopodia*Have double shells made of silica*Photosynthetic protists; can be mu ... lica*Photosynthetic protists; can be multicellular*Move using flagella*Move using cilia*Fungus like protists*Form resistant sporesAn interesting group of protists consists of amoebas and forams. These ... lasm. Amoebas and forams are unicellular heterotrophs.Amoebas, members of the phylum Rhizopoda, are protists that live in fresh and salt waters and are especially abundant in soil. Because there is no ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
Kingdom Protista and the phyla under it.
The most structurally diverse collection of organisms is the kingdom Protista. Most protists are unicellular, microscopic organisms, but a few are complex and multicellu ... an involve asexual or sexual reproduction. Composed of metabolically diverse organisms, the kingdom Protista contains the ancestral life-forms that gave rise to the three kingdoms of multicellular org ... ganisms¾the fungi, the plants, and the animals.Amoebas, members of the phylum Rhizopoda, are protists that live in fresh and salt waters and are especially abundant in soil. Because an amoeba h ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
The importance of fungi in our world
ak down and feed on decaying organic material or dead organisms. Fungi work along with monerans and protist to decompose the waste and remains of plants and animals. Fungi obtain nutrients by secretin ...
Subjects: Science Essays
Five Kingdoms of Life
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
Classification and Evolution of Life
nst the statement, "Viruses are alive." Comment on other postings.2. The internal structure of many protists is much more complex than that ofcells of multicellular organisms.3. Does this mean that th ... ist is engaged in more complex activities than the multicellular organism?4. If not, why should the protistan cell be much more complicated?Some scientists argue that the virus is lifeless. On the oth ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
Pond Water Life Lab - Science Probe 10
l that I knew of in my slide, and that was the limnocalanus.3. Green protests are called plant-like protists, because they have chloroplasts.4. Animal-like protest can breathe, and eat.5. The euglena ... ound randomly.7. The amoeba uses its pseudo pod (false foot) to move around.8. I do not know if the protists I saw were free living or parasitic.9. The white blood cells in our body are like an amoeba ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Plant Biology
Biology: The Parasite
hese nasty critters not only infect humans, but they also infect countless other species. Parasitic protists are the type of organisms that this paper will delve into; more specifically, the phylum Mi ... fically, the phylum Microspora and the hosts that its species infects (Baker, 1982). Many parasitic protists can infect numerous different species of other organisms, but there are some who can only s ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
Euglena
Euglena Experiment Biology 101 Euglena are one-celled organisms in the Protista kingdom. They are usually photosynthetic autotrophs but they have the ability to live as he ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry