NEET BIOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION

KINGDOM PROTISTA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Kingdom Protista has organisms that are like plants but not quite, like animals but not quite, like fungi but not quite. What is the analogy used in the video to explain how they are grouped?
A
a refrigerator
B
an oven
C
a kitchen junk drawer
D
a bathroom
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Explanation: Because Protist has many organisms that are related to the other kingdoms of animals, plants, and fungi. Protists is a word that is know used as a “eukaryote that isn’t a plant, animal, or fungus."

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: Protists have their own kingdom because they cannot be logically classified with the other single-celled organisms, the archaea. This is because of the staggering diversity of protists.

Detailed explanation-3: -Plant-like protists are responsible for producing most of earth’s oxygen. Other examples include diatoms and euglena. Animal-like protists are called protozoa (proto=first; zoia=animal) because they were considered primitive animals. They are heterotrophs because they cannot make their own food.

Detailed explanation-4: -All protists, animals, fungi, and plants are made of cells and are alive. Protists and fungi can be unicellular, animals and plants are only multicellular. Plants and fungi are made of cells that have cell walls, animals and most protists do not have cell walls.

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