The learner will be able to describe three major reproductive patterns in protozoans. The learner will be able to list four major groups of protozoans. The learner will be able to compare the movement in sarcodines and ciliates. The learner will be able to analyze the feeding, digestion, and reproduction in amoebas and paramecia. This lesson introduces protozoans with those first-time viewers in mind.
Protozoans require a moist environment.
Most live in wet places, but even survive in deserts, where they make a hard capsule around themselves and are dormant during dry times. There are virtually non-vertebrates that are not parasitized by protozoans. Most are harmless. In actual numbers, there are more protozoans than multicellular animals on earth. Each group will examine a slide of amoeba and a slide of bacteria.