Questions:
1.) What are protists? Are they unicellular or multi-cellular organisms? Are they prokaryotic or eukaryotic?
Protists are a large and diverse group of eukaryotic microorganisms, which belong to the kingdom Protista. Most are unicellular, but some have more than one cell. They are eukaryotic.
2.) Can they eat food and/or can they make their own food from the sun (photosynthesize)? Explain. Protists are autotrophs; they make their own food through their chloroplasts.
3.) Why are Protists said to be the most diverse of all eukaryotes?
Protists are the most diverse of eukaryotes because they cover all bases of life forms. They are unicellular, multicellular, autotrophic, heterotrophic, use asexual and sexual reproduction, sessile, and monbile.
4.) What process is thought to be involved in the genesis of eukaryotes from prokaryotes?
It’s the Endosymbiont theory, in which prokaryotic cells mutations parted new cells aerobic and photosynthetic. A prokaryotic cell 1st engulfed an aerobic prokaryotic cell then engulfed a photosynthesis cell.
5.) Define endosymbiosis. What does endosymbiosis have to do with protists?
Endosymbiosis is symbiosis in which one of the symbiotic organisms lives inside the other. The notion is important to all eukaryotic cells, including protists, because there is a theory that eukaryotes gained mitochondria through this manner, and plant gained chloroplasts through endosymbiosis.
6.) Why do most biologists currently working on eukaryotic relationships consider Kingdom Protista obsolete?
It was created to put any eukaryotic life form other than Plants and Animals in it. It is the most varied kingdom of all and there are no signs of a common ancestor between any of its members, they are all just dumped in there and classified accordingly.
1.) What are protists? Are they unicellular or multi-cellular organisms? Are they prokaryotic or eukaryotic?
Protists are a large and diverse group of eukaryotic microorganisms, which belong to the kingdom Protista. Most are unicellular, but some have more than one cell. They are eukaryotic.
2.) Can they eat food and/or can they make their own food from the sun (photosynthesize)? Explain. Protists are autotrophs; they make their own food through their chloroplasts.
3.) Why are Protists said to be the most diverse of all eukaryotes?
Protists are the most diverse of eukaryotes because they cover all bases of life forms. They are unicellular, multicellular, autotrophic, heterotrophic, use asexual and sexual reproduction, sessile, and monbile.
4.) What process is thought to be involved in the genesis of eukaryotes from prokaryotes?
It’s the Endosymbiont theory, in which prokaryotic cells mutations parted new cells aerobic and photosynthetic. A prokaryotic cell 1st engulfed an aerobic prokaryotic cell then engulfed a photosynthesis cell.
5.) Define endosymbiosis. What does endosymbiosis have to do with protists?
Endosymbiosis is symbiosis in which one of the symbiotic organisms lives inside the other. The notion is important to all eukaryotic cells, including protists, because there is a theory that eukaryotes gained mitochondria through this manner, and plant gained chloroplasts through endosymbiosis.
6.) Why do most biologists currently working on eukaryotic relationships consider Kingdom Protista obsolete?
It was created to put any eukaryotic life form other than Plants and Animals in it. It is the most varied kingdom of all and there are no signs of a common ancestor between any of its members, they are all just dumped in there and classified accordingly.