PROTIST NATURAL HISTORY PAGE

 

  1. Description of Organism
    1. binomial nomenclature
    2. common name
    3. physical characteristics (size, shapes, colors, appendages)
    4. How the organism moves.

 

  1. Habitat
    1. where it is found (environments)

 

  1. Feeding Behavior

 

a.    how does the organism eat

b.      autotrophic/heterotrophic/what it eats/what eats it

 

  1.  Reproduction
    1. how does the organism reproduce (describe)

 

  1. What can be observed about the organism

 

  1. Any Other Interesting facts

 

 Requirements

 

1.      One Natural History Paper

2.      Particular Protist

3.      No more than 1 ½ to 2 pages (typed)

4.      Should include a graphic

5.      NO PLAGERISM

 

Suggested Protist types:

 

  1. Amoeba
  2. Paramecium
  3. Giardia
  4. Volvox
  5. Euglena
  6. Slime Mold