Fungi Protists Plants Animals

A protist is a

• eukaryotic, multicellular organism

• eukaryotic, unicellular organism

• prokaryotic, unicellular organism

• prokaryotic, colonial organism

Protists can be divided into 3 broad categories: check all that apply

• Animal-like protists

• Plantlike-protists

• Funguslike-protists

• Bacteria-like protists

• Virus-like protists

Protists can be used for...

• sewage treatment, antibiotics and paint

• making ice cream, fertilizer and vaccines

• paint, fertilizer and ice cream

• making oxygen, nitrogen fixation and cosmetics

The difference between animal-like protists and animals is:

• All animal-like protists are unicellular, while animals are multicellular.

• There is no difference between them.

• All protists are do not have a nucleus, while animals have a nucleus.

• All animal-like protists have mitochondria, while animals do not have mitochondria

Tags

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Animal-like protists are also known as:

• protozoa

• animalzoa

• animalcules

• protists

Amoebas are types of animal-like protists with:

• Pseudopods

• Flagella

• Cilia

• Chloroplast

Animal-like protists can move with all of the following except:

• cilia

• flagella

• pseudopods

• pili

Plant-like protists are called

• plants

• slime moulds

• algae

• plantozoa

Malaria is an example of a disease caused by

• protozoa

• slime moulds

• plant-like protists

• diatoms

Malaria is passed to humans and other animals through mosquitoes.

• True

• False