Scientists have found and Scientists have found and described described approximately 1.75 approximately 1.75 million species on million species on Earth. Earth.

New species are being New species are being discovered every day. discovered every day.

From tiny bacteria to From tiny bacteria to yeasts to starfish to blue yeasts to starfish to blue whales, life's diversity is whales, life's diversity is truly impressive! truly impressive!

With such a diversity of With such a diversity of life on Earth, how does life on Earth, how does one go about making one go about making sense of it all? sense of it all?

DomainDomain EukaryaEukarya

KingdomKingdom Protist Fungus Protist Fungus Plant AnimalPlant Animal

KingdomsKingdomsProtist vs. AnimalProtist vs. Animal

Protist ExamplesProtist Examples

CharacteristicsCharacteristics

Animal ExamplesAnimal Examples

CharacteristicsCharacteristics

Tale of 3 ProtistsTale of 3 ProtistsAmoebaAmoeba

Tale of 3 ProtistsTale of 3 ProtistsParameciumParamecium

Tale of 3 ProtistsTale of 3 ProtistsEuglenaEuglena

Protist Protist (text page 219)(text page 219)

Some protists are like animals. They cannot Some protists are like animals. They cannot make food. They can move. make food. They can move. Animal like Animal like protistsprotists are called are called protozoans.protozoans.

Think…Amoeba and Paramecium.Think…Amoeba and Paramecium.

Some Some protists are like plantsprotists are like plants. They can . They can make their own food. make their own food.

Think… Algae, Seaweed and EuglenaThink… Algae, Seaweed and Euglena

Kingdom FungiKingdom FungiGrowth Growth cyclecycle of a mushroom of a mushroom: :

They are like plants but without They are like plants but without flowersflowers or chlorophyll, or chlorophyll, fast-growing, especially in dark, damp locations.fast-growing, especially in dark, damp locations.

They cannot make their own food.They cannot make their own food.They have GillsThey have Gills: gills forming the head of the : gills forming the head of the

mushroommushroomThey have They have CapsCaps: top of the mushroom.: top of the mushroom.

They have They have RingsRings: membrane that : membrane that envelopsenvelops part of the part of the stem.stem.

They have a They have a StipeStipe: part of the mushroom between the : part of the mushroom between the cap and the soil.cap and the soil.

MushroomsMushrooms

Words to know…Words to know…(starting text page (starting text page

216)216)ProtozoanProtozoan HyphaeHyphae

PseudopodPseudopod CapCap

Contractile vacuoleContractile vacuole GillsGills

SymbiosisSymbiosis StalkStalk

MutualismMutualism LichensLichens

Water moldWater mold CiliaCilia

Green algaeGreen algae Downy Downy MildewMildew

Red algaeRed algae