Biology, Eighth Edition (Raven)

Chapter 29: Protists

Learning Outcomes

• Explain how endosymbiosis is involved with the evolution of eukaryotic organisms from prokaryotic ancestors.
• Understand why the protists are the most diverse eukaryotic kingdom.
• Know the major shared characteristics of the six groups of protists.
• Indicate the major characteristics for the six groups: Euglenozoa, Alveolata, Strameniophiles, Rhodophyta, Chlorophyta, and Choanoflagellida