Question

What are the characteristics of Protista?

Answer 1

Characteristics of Protista:

1. They include all single-celled eukaryotes.
2. They contain membrane-bound cell organelles.
3. They possess a well-defined nucleus.
4. They have a cellular level of body organization.
5. They reproduce both asexually and sexually.
6. Their mode of nutrition is autotrophic and heterotrophic.
7. They move across the environment using either secretions or their locomotory organelles.
8. Flagella, cilia, pseudopodia, or propulsion by contraction of the body and mucilage are the most significant forms of locomotory organelles present in them.
9. Chrysophytes, Dinoflagellates, Euglenoids, Slime-moulds, and Protozoans are all members of the Protista kingdom.