Protist

Protist Song

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A song about Protists! The music was made by iWouldwantSky, and the video by me. We did it for a grade 12 biology project. Thanks for watching, please drop a like if you enjoyed it. (the lyrics are below) lyrics Introduction: Protista come in 3 different flavours Plant, Fungi and Animal behaviors they also have different modes of nutrition that help taxonomist give them definition, (like) Autotrophic, the energy composers. Saprotrophic, fungi-like decomposers Heterotrophic, the predator variety and parasitic, the leeching notoriety Chorus: Protista, yah, the kingdom that's got it all diversity that shames plant, fungi and animals If it got a nucleus and is aerobic too Multi, unicellular, or colonial will do Always are found in moist conditions Many different ways of getting nutrition Their locomotion methods are the strangest that exist Flagellum, cilia, pseudopods, yah, Protists! Verse 1: Plant-like protists photosynthesize Autotrophs that make their own food supplies Take the groups of organisms called algae Brown, red and green derived by taxology Brown algae, phaeophyta more precisely is long and in the ocean example: kelp and seaweed They have holdfast roots for orientation And airbladders that control floatation Rhodophyta, also known as Red Algae Has over six thousand species in its biology They absorb blue light, letting them live deep Coralline is one, which helps build coral reefs Green Algea has chlorophyll and a cellulose wall and as result is labeled as plant overall However, is more aquatic and in its resemblance Often looks and behaves more like a protist Euglena is unique, it's an animal and plant It's eyespot uses light to know where to supplant One-celled and autotrophic when in light But they also use ingestion for energy in the night Dinoflagellates are small and unicellular They have two flagellum which they use as propellers Bioluminescence giving water cool aesthetic large population, called red-tides, are toxic Diatoms have distinctive silica shells basically hard photosynthetic single cells Diatoms are located at the base of the food chain Absorbent diatomaceous earth contains their remains Plant-like protists aren't only the food-chains basis but balances global warming making it decrease CO2 makes water warmer allowing more protists which act as negative feedback causing less to exist Fungi-like protists are saprotrophic rather And get nutrition from decaying organic matter Why are slime mold's protists and not fungi? Because, they don't have chitin and can move nearby A creeping collection of protoplasmic mass Which as organisms or single cells can be classed Multicolored: pink, orange, yellow, gray, white Found in rotten logs, moist terrestrial sites Animal-like protists are heterotrophs primarily Organized by their movement particularities Ciliate protists have cilia, hair-like structures Which rhythmically beat propelling them forwards Sixty beats per second is the speed of their tempo Cilia can direct food to their mouths, also Ciliates are faster other types of Protist Paramecium, are categorized in this list Protists with flagellum have a whip apparatus they beat, like cilia, for locomotion purpose Giardia lamblia is the example I'll portray which also uses it's flagellum to capture its prey Pseudopods are cool finger like projections Extend and drag their protist to new locations Like the others this device can capture food Amoebas are an example of protists in this group Heterotrophic protists without locomotive means the last group of protozoans, parasitic fiends These use your body as a host, and will scary-a Like plasmodium, or it's alter ego malaria Though protists are very small, they're also very neat Education of their existence is a rewarding feat and so in conclusion, we're happy you came along We hope you were enlightened by our video and song