A) What are five protists that might be found in pond water (other than Euglena, paramecium,...

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A) What are five protists that might be found in pond water(other than Euglena, paramecium, giardia, amoeba, and slime mold)?B) What does each look like, what locomotion does each have, howdoes it obtain food, and where would you find it in the water?

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a 1 Plant like protist AlgaeChlamydomonaschlorella 2BacteriaCiliates of order Peritricha vorticella 3Fungus like protist water molds 4Diatoms 5Dinoflagellates B1 Chlamydomonas and chlorella are unicellular and eukaryotic of class green algae or chlorophyceae Chlamydomonas are motile unicellular algae and show isogamy chlorella is non motile unicellular algaeThey are autotrophic and obtain food by photosynthesisThus they are freefloating 2Vorticella genus of the ciliate protozoan order Peritrichida a    See Answer
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