protists

Question 1

what are protists

Answer 1

-living organisms classified under the kingdom Protista
-mostly unicellular
-greatest diversity

Question 2

what are the three groups protists are divided into

Answer 2

-protozoa
-algae
-slime and water moulds

Question 3

describe protozoa

Answer 3

-animal like, unicellular, heterotrophic organisms
-injests their food by phagocytosis
eg: microscopic, unicellular amoeba, paramecium and plasmodium

Question 4

describe algae

Answer 4

-plant like, uni or multicellular, autotrophic
-macroscopic, multicellular red, brown, green algae

Question 5

describe slime and water moulds

Answer 5

-fungus like, multicellular, heterotrophic organisms
-macroscopic

Question 6

what’s the basic structure of protista

Answer 6

-uni or multicellular
-algae can photosynthesise as they have chloroplasts

Question 7

what are the general characteristics

Answer 7

-eukaryotic
-multicellular or uni cellular
-aquatic
-algae = autotrophic
-other = heterotrophic
-reproduction is mostly asexual and occurs by binary fission
-some algae reproduces sexually
-protists live in almost any environment where water occurs