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| Kingdom Protista | consists of many different types of one-celled or multi-celled organisms |
| Animal-like Protists | cannot make own food, do not have cell walls, have special ways to move |
| Plant-like Protists | make their own food using photosynthesis, have cell walls, cannot move |
| Fungus-like Protists | absorb food from surroundings, some have cell walls, have special ways to move |
| Malaria | a disease that is caused by the Plasmodium protist; destroys red blood cells |
| Anopheles Mosquito | the disease vector for malaria |
| Giardiasis | the disease caused by Giardia protists; causes extreme gastrointestinal discomfort |
| "Beaver Fever" | another name for the disease, Giardiasis |
| African Sleeping Sickness | a disease caused by a protist found in the saliva of the Tse-tse fly; causes coma, then death |
| Tse-tse fly | the disease vector for African Sleeping Sickness |
| Amoeba | an animal-like protist that moves using pseudopods; can be pathogenic |
| Pseudopod | "false foot"; helps the amoeba move |
| Paramecium | an animal like protist that moves using cilia |
| Cilia | tiny, hair-like structures that help some protists move and feed |
| Flagellum | a tail-like structure used to aid in movement |
| Euglena | a protist that can be both animal-like & plant-like |
| Eye Spot | a special structure that can detect light; found on the euglena |
| Chloroplasts | special organelles found in plant-like or plant cells that help capture sunlight for photosynthesis |
| Algae | a plant-like protist; can be red, brown, and green |
| Algin | substance that comes from algae; helps make some types of food |
| Carrageenan | a substance that comes from algae; helps make some types of food |
| Slime Mold | a fungus-like protist; decomposer |
| Water Mold | a fungus-like protist; can be a parasite or decomposer |
| "Red Tide" | overpopulation of red algae that results in toxic water that can be dangerous to all types of organisms, including humans |
