Name PROTIST LAB PRACTICAL ASSIGNMENT Biology 4 B

Name: PROTIST LAB PRACTICAL ASSIGNMENT Biology 4 B

To help you prepare for the lab practical exam, please complete this assignment like you would be in lab taking photos & generating your study materials Lab Practical Material, know some of the lecture content as it pertains to the lab as well Protists – 4 supergroups o NOTE: marine brown, red & green algae will fit in below o Be able to ID, know structures & functions, where found, any economic importance, diseases if any, o Excavata: Euglena (live & slide): genus, nucleus, eyespot, flagellum Trypanosoma (slide): genus, diseases caused, location, vector o “SAR” – Stramenopiles Diatoms slide – ID to common name, where found, test composition Brown algae – blade, stipe & holdfast, water preference, pigment o “SAR” – Alveolates Dinoflagellate (Ceratium slide) – ID to common name, flagellar groove, flagella Paramecium, Blepharisma & Stentor(live & slides) – ID to genus, cilia, macronucleus, micronuclei, vacuoles o “SAR” – Rhizarians Radiolarians & foraminiferan slides: ID to common name, test composition o Archeoplastida: Volvox (live & slide): ID to genus, daughter colonies Red algae: ID, water preference, pigment Green algae: ID, pigment o Unikonta: Amoeba (live & slide): ID to genus, vacuoles, pseudopodia, nucleus, plasmalemma (membrane)

SUPERGROUP: • Organism information and image (label if indicated to do so on the study guide