Question

Explain the characteristics of kingdom Protista.

Answer 1

Characteristics of kingdom Protista:

1. These creatures are eukaryotic and unicellular.
2. This kingdom's borders are not well defined.
3. This kingdom is related to plants, animals, and fungi.
4. Protistans, in general, have a cell body with a well-defined nucleus and membrane-bound organelles.
5. These are largely aquatic in nature.
6. Some of these species move by using appendages such as hair-like cilia in paramoecium or whip-like flagella in Euglena.
7. Autotrophic organisms, such as unicellular algae and diatoms, or heterotrophic organisms, such as Protozoans, are examples.
8. It consists of unicellular algae such as chlorella, Chlamydomonas, diatoms, and Protozoans.