the science calorie (little c) is a measure of heat energy the food calorie (big C) is a measure of energy that we burn, but it is equal to 1,000 science calories so 1 big C is equal to 1,000 little c's.
Protists are a group made up of protozoa, unicellular algae, and slime molds. We will concentrate on the animal portion of this group: the protozoa (proto = first, zoa = animals).
Protozoa are a diverse group of organisms that are non-phototrophic, unicellular, eukaryotic microorganisms with no cell walls. In general, protozoa have different stages in their lifecycles. Trophozoites are the active, reproductive, and feeding stage.his group can often have complex lifecycles that require multiple host species. Many sporozoans cause disease. Of all the diseases caused by protozoa, the deadliest is malaria, caused by the sporozoan Plasmodium. When a female Anopheles mosquito bites a human, it is able to transmit Plasmodium into the bloodstream.