1. Are protists unicellular or multicellular? Prokaryotes or eukaryotes?

2. Why are protists called the \"junk drawer\" of life?

3. What is the difference between an autotroph and a heterotroph?

4. How are protists classified? Give an example of each.

5. What are some ways protists are used by humans? By the environment? 6. What is the eyespot used for?

7. What organelle carries out photosynthesis?

8. What is the function of the contractile vacuole? What would happen if the cell did not have this organelle.

9. How does an amoeba move? What are the fingerlike extensions called? 10. During unfavorable conditions, an amoeba forms a ... ?

11. What disease is caused by the amoeba?

12. How do paramecia regulate their water content?

13. How do paramecia move?

14. What do paramecia use for defense?

15. Where can you find paramecia?

16. What do paramecia eat? Where does digestion occur?