NEET BIOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION

KINGDOM PROTISTA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
True or false. A drop of pond water can contain hundreds of protists.
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Examples of protists found in pond water include water molds, green algae, euglena, diatoms, paramecium, amoeba, and heliozoa. All of these protists belong to different phyla which include: Chlorophyta, Euglenophyta, Oomycota, Rhizopoda, Actinopoda, and Ciliophora.

Detailed explanation-2: -Most protists are aquatic organisms. They need a moist environment to survive. They are found mainly in damp soil, marshes, puddles, lakes, and the ocean. Some protists are free-living organisms.

Detailed explanation-3: -Protists are eukaryotes, which means their cells have a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles. Most, but not all, protists are single-celled. Other than these features, they have very little in common. You can think about protists as all eukaryotic organisms that are neither animals, nor plants, nor fungi.

Detailed explanation-4: -Solution : Protists not have membrane bound organelles.

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