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Plant-like protists contain chloroplasts, just as plant cells do.

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What stops scientist from classifying plantlike protists as plants?

Plant like protists cannot be classified as plants because unlike plants, some plant like protists use chemicals to produce food which makes the protists look different colors.


Unlike plants the plant like protists have no chlorophyll?

False


How are protists and plants similar and how are they different?

Protists and plants are similar because there euckaryotic.But they are different beacuse The best way to tell the difference between plants and plant-like protists is that plant cells are part of a bigger structure, whereas plant-like protists are always unicellular. Animal-like protists are even more different- for example, they are heterotrophs, so they can't make their food and don't have chloroplasts.


How are plant-like protists like plants?

its the same as a plant but it don't have a stem, roots, neither any leaves.


What stops scientists from classyfying plant like protists as plants?

dont


How are protist and plants similar How are they different?

Protists and plants are similar because there euckaryotic.But they are different beacuse The best way to tell the difference between plants and plant-like protists is that plant cells are part of a bigger structure, whereas plant-like protists are always unicellular. Animal-like protists are even more different- for example, they are heterotrophs, so they can't make their food and don't have chloroplasts.


How do animal-like protists differ from plant-like protists?

Animal-like protists are autotrophic, while plant-like protists are heterotrophic.


How do plant like protist eat?

They are called plant like protists because, like plants, they photosynthesize their own food. They make sugars just like plants do and through chloroplasts like plants. Some, like Euglena, can be heterotrophic in the dark and even can move through flagella. Some, like Rhodophyta, are more plant like.


How do animal -like protists differ from plant-like protists?

Animal-like protists are autotrophic, while plant-like protists are heterotrophic.


How are protists and plants similar?

Plant-like protists are autotrophs. This means that they produce their own food. They perform photosynthesis to produce sugar by using carbon dioxide and water, and the energy from sunlight, just like plants. Unlike plants, however, plant-like protists do not have true stems, roots, or leaves.


Is volvox animal like protists or plant like protists?

Plant like protist


Plantlike protists are considered to be?

Plants are like protist in that they have a relatively simple organization.