Paramecium Euglena Plasmodium aka Malaria Kingdom Protista Kingdom Protista Kingdom Protista Amoeba Giardia aka Beaver Fever Spirogyra Kingdom Protista Kingdom Protista Kingdom Protista Paramecium Euglena Plasmodium vivax Habits: free-living Habits: free-living Habits: parasite of humans Habitat: ponds with scum on Habitat: ponds Habitat: mosquito gut and them Energy Source: eats algae, human blood, liver Energy Source: eats algae and can also make its own food Energy Source: human red and bacteria with chloroplasts blood cells Reproduction: fission, (splits Reproduction: fission (splits in Reproduction: conjugation in two) and occasionally two) (exchange DNA) in mosquito’s conjugation, (two of them Interesting facts: Euglena has stomach exchange some of their DNA) chlorophyll in it, allowing it to Interesting facts: Plasmodium Interesting facts: The tiny make its own food in sunlight. are carried by mosquito from hairs (cilia) around the cell When Euglena is in the dark it host to host. It causes a serious helps it to move. eats plants. disease known as malaria. Amoeba Giardia Spirogyra Habits: free-living Habits: parasite of animals Habits: free-living Habitat: ponds and rivers, (including humans) Habitat: freshwater ponds, leaves of water plants Habitat: freshwater and the lakes, ditches Energy Source: eats algae, animal or human digestive tract Energy Source: sunlight and protists, bacteria Energy Source: absorbs nutrients Reproduction: fission (splits nutrients from intestine Reproduction: conjugation into two cells) Reproduction: in the intestine, (two of them exchange some Interesting facts: The amoeba usually through fission (splitting DNA) consumes other organisms by into two cells) Interesting facts: Grows in flowing its body around them. Interesting facts: Giardia is slippery thread-like filaments. also called “beaver fever.” The It’s called “Spirogyra” because parasite causes bad diarrhea. green chloroplasts, form a spiral pattern inside its cells. .