Protist+5c1

= In science we are doing a project about the 5 kingdoms. This page is about the Protist Kingdom. = It was created by a 5th grade students (__ [|Clara] __.) The scientific name for the Protist Kingdom is Protista. I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I have done making it.

__**What are protists?**__

Protists are a diversed group of eukaryotic microorganisms.First, most of them are unicellullar but, they can be multicellular. Second,they are mostly found in liquid water. Third, some protists heterotroph (an organism that feeds on other organisms) or autotroph ( an organism that can make its own food). Last, some protist can be over a 100 meter long and some are microscopic. In summary, here was a little bit of information on what are protists;



__**Cell Structure**__ All protist have a nucleus,mitochondria,contractile vacuole,food vacuoles,eyespots,plastids,pellicles and flagell a. They are either unicellular,colonial or multicellular.




 * __How do protist reproduce?__**

Protist may reproduce in three different ways.They can reproduce sexually,asexually and in complicated 12 step procedure.
 * __How do they get energy?__**


 * Here are some ways that protist can get energy.First, most of them phtosynthesize.Also, they make their own food. **
 * Last, they can feed on other organisms.In conclusion, here were some ways that protist may get energy. **

__**Interaction of protists with other organism and its environment**__

Here are some ways that protists may interact with other organism and its environment. First, they may give other organisms diseases .For example, Kinetoplastid and Apicomplexa agive diseases such as malaria and sleeping sicknesss.Second, some protists like algee trap solar energy and change it to chemical energy through photosynthesis.Last, some fungi-like protists absorb nutrient from dead or decaneoganic matters. In summary, here were some ways that protists interact with their environment.

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__**Pictures of animal-like protists**__





__**Pictures of fungus-like protist**__






 * __ Pictures of plant-like protists __**





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