How do some protozoans respond to adverse environmental conditions?

Protozoans are organisms usually made up a single cell and are all microscopic. All protozoans are eukaryotes. They have different responses when faced with adverse or unfavorable environmental conditions. Examples include:

Amoeba: During adverse environmental  conditions, many amoeba undergo encystment that is they become cysts. The amoeba becomes circular, loses most of its water and secretes a thick membrane that serves as a protective covering. When the environment is again suitable, the covering of the cyst ruptures and the amoeba emerges. 

Bacteria: In unfavorable environmental conditions some bacteria such as clostridium form spores, specifically endospores. An endospore is  an extremely resistant, tough, dormant, non reproductive  cell structure that can  withstand desiccation, extreme temperatures, chemical disinfectants and starvation. The bacteria survive in this mode until better growth conditions return

the relative standard reduction potential of the half-cell in which reduction occurs; more positive than the other half-cell. reduction is a chemical process in which electrons are added to an atom or an ion; it always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent.

when you breathe in, or inhale, your diaphragm contracts (tightens) and moves downward. this increases the space in your chest cavity, into which your lungs expand. the intercostal muscles between your ribs also enlarge the chest cavity. they contract to pull your rib cage both upward and outward when you inhale.