NEET BIOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION

KINGDOM PROTISTA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why is Kingdom Protista known as the “Odds and Ends Kingdom?”
A
The kingdom contains a wide variety of organisms.
B
Protists are more unusual than organisms in other kingdoms.
C
The kingdom contains organisms that do not meet the characteristics of living things.
D
Protists are prokaryotic, but also multicellular.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Slime molds and algae are protists. Sometimes they are called the odds and ends kingdom because its members are so different from one another. Protists include all microscopic organisms that are not bacteria, not animals, not plants and not fungi.

Detailed explanation-2: -The protist kingdom is sometimes called the “odds and ends” kingdom because its members are so different from one another. Protists can be autotrophs or heterotrophs. Although many protists are unicellular, some, such as seaweeds, are multicellular. Mushrooms, molds, mildew, and yeast are all fungi.

Detailed explanation-3: -Protists include all organisms with cells having nuclei and not belonging to the animal, plant, or fungi kingdoms. In other words, protists may be considered a collection of leftover organisms. As a result, protists are the most diverse of all the kingdoms.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer and Explanation: Kingdom Protista is considered the most diversified kingdom since it contains diverse unicellular and multicellular eukaryotic organisms.

Detailed explanation-5: -Kingdom Protista has a wide variety and a large number of organisms, because organisms that could not be grouped into any other kingdom are being classified as protists. Kingdom Protista can be further divided into phyla, and these include Protozoa, Euglenophyta, Chrysophyta, and Pyrrophyta.

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