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Some protists are phototrophs ie they get energy via photosynthesis. . Energy from sunlight is used to convert carbon dioxide and water into organic materials to be used in cellular functions such as biosynthesis and respiration.

Examples are: Algae, Dinoflagellates or Euglena .

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they are protozoans and algae of different types


Algae, Euglena
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The name for all organisms that can produce their own food is autotroph.

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What organism can create their own food but do not produce seeds or spores?

Photosynthetic bacteria and protists to name two organisms that have no seeds or spores and can create their own food.


Kingdom able to produce their own food?

Plants, some protists and some bacteria can produce their own food through photosynthesis.


Picture of an animal that produces its own food?

There are no animals that produce their own food. Only plants do through photosynthesis. There are also some types of protists and fungi that produce their own food.


Do plantlike protists make their own food?

Animal-like protists do not make their own food, they are consumers, which are things that consume (take in) food. Plant-like protists can, because they use photosynthesis:the process in which a plant (including plant-like protists) makes its own food with sunlight.


Do Proists Make Food?

Yes and no. There are producing and consuming protists; which means some will eat their food, and others will make it. There are also some protists, such as Euglena, that both prey on other protists and produce its own.


Do shrimp produce their own food?

No animals are producers. Only plants and certain protists are producers.


What is the name of the process some protists use to make their own food?

Producers-get food by photosynthesis


Can protist makes its own food?

yes plant like protists are autotrophs. That means they can make their own food. yes a protist can produce it's own food. All living things have to eat right?


Are protist plants?

some Protists resemble plants in that they produce their own food by photosynthesis whilst others resemble animals by consuming organic matter for food. Protists are now considered to be a separate taxonomic kingdom


Protists are classified according to?

one way to classify them are according to the way they obtain nutrition. Protists that are heterotrophs are called animal like protists, whereas those that produce there own food by photosynthesis are plant like.


What are protists that contain chlorophyll and can make their own food called?

Like plants, many species of protists can make their own food by the process of photosynthesis.


Is it true that protists that can make their own food are offten called animal-like protists?

False. They are plant-like protists.