EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Mostly, Protista is a unicellular entity, and fungi are multicellular. Protists have plant-like, animal-like and fungus-like species. They evolved into other kinds of eukaryotes, which include Fungi. Fungi are eukaryotic entities that cannot synthesise their own food usually.

Detailed explanation-2: -It became very difficult to group some living things into one or the other, so early in the past century the two kingdoms were expanded into five kingdoms: Protista (the single-celled eukaryotes); Fungi (fungus and related organisms); Plantae (the plants); Animalia (the animals); Monera (the prokaryotes).

Detailed explanation-3: -The kingdom Animalia includes all multicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic organisms whereas, the kingdom Protista includes all unicellular, eukaryotic and heterotrophic organisms. Hence, Protozoans are placed under the kingdom Protista instead of the kingdom Animalia.

Detailed explanation-4: -Protists can be multicellular or unicellular organisms. Plants are all multicellular and exhibit cellular differentiation. Protists can be autotrophs, heterotrophic consumers, or decomposers. Plants are primarily autotrophic producers.

Detailed explanation-5: -Protists are simple eukaryotic organisms that are neither plants nor animals or fungi. Protists are unicellular in nature but can also be found as a colony of cells. Most protists live in water, damp terrestrial environments or even as parasites.