Protist

Key Stage 4

Meaning

A protist is a unicellular eukaryotic organism with a cell membrane, cell wall, cytoplasm, mitochondria, and a nucleus and may also contain chloroplasts.

About Protists

Protists are sometimes called protoctists.

Two protists you may know are; amoeba and euglena.

Examples

A euglena is a type of protist with chloroplasts and a flagellum.	An amoeba is a type of protist which moves using pseudopodia and has no chloroplasts.

References

AQA

Protist, pages 138, 146, GCSE Biology; Student Book, Collins, AQA

Protists, pages 124, 127, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy; Biology, CGP, AQA

Protists, pages 130, 133, GCSE Biology, CGP, AQA

Protists, pages 42, 45, GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA

Protists, pages 46, 47, GCSE Biology; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA

Protists, pages 88-89, GCSE Biology; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA

Edexcel

Protist, pages 102, 124, GCSE Biology, Pearson, Edexcel

Protists, pages 153, 156, GCSE Biology, CGP, Edexcel

Protists, pages 35, 39, GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel

Protists, pages 49, 55, GCSE Biology; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel

OCR

Protists, page 92, Gateway GCSE Biology; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR

Protists, pages 67, 68, Gateway GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR