protists

Question 1

autotrophs

Answer 1

producers: able to make their own food

Question 2

heterotrophs

Answer 2

consumers: depend on other sources for food

Question 3

protists

Answer 3

• unicellular, eukaryotic
• variety of shapes and colours
• move around using whips or hairs

Question 4

protists

animal-like (protozoans)

Answer 4

animal-like because they consume other organisms for food

e.g amoebas, ciliates, flagellates, sporozoans

Question 5

protists

fungus-like

Answer 5

fungus-like because they absorb nutrients from other organisms, living or dead

e.g slime moulds, water moulds

Question 6

protists

plant-like

Answer 6

plant-like because they make their own food through photosynthesis

e.g euglenoids, diatoms, dinoflagellates