Protist Lab
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Using the computer find a microscopic picture of a Euglena and a Plasmodium.
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Questions:
1) How did the living specimens compare to the preserved?
2) What structure does Paramecium use for locomotion?
3) What are the three main subgroups of Protista?
4) Using the three main subgroups, group each of the 14 drawings.
5) How doe an Amoeba move?
6) Which of the specimens were considered to be colonial? Why?
7) Why is Plasmodium such an important Protist to human beings?
8) A Euglena moves by using what structure?
9) Euglena is green, just by the color what can you assume is happening?
10) What characteristics do all Protists share?
