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Scientists classified protists as a separate group because they are a diverse group of organisms that didn't fit neatly into the existing plant or animal kingdoms. Protists are eukaryotic organisms that exhibit a wide range of characteristics and lifestyles, leading scientists to create a separate category for them.
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Why are protists placed in their own kingdom?
Protists are placed in their own kingdom because they are a diverse group of eukaryotic organisms that do not fit neatly into the plant, animal, or fungi kingdoms. They have unique characteristics and evolutionary histories that distinguish them from organisms in other kingdoms.
Do protists have a cell wall or cell membrane?
Protists can have either a cell wall, a cell membrane, or both. The presence of a cell wall in protists varies among different species and can be made of various materials such as cellulose, silica, or chitin. The cell membrane is common to all protists as it is essential for controlling the movement of molecules in and out of the cell.
Which phyla of protists is characterized by animals that swim using flagella?
Thee protists are classified in the Zoomastigophora phylum.
What percentage of the worlds organims are classifeid?
100% They are classified by a few main areas, or kingdoms There are Animals-The organisms that move, like us Plants-The organisms that produce there own food, like trees Fungi-The organisms that are like plants (they cant move) but they also cant create there own food. They grow on top of stuff with nutrients, like mushrooms that grow on top of decomposed stuff. And mold that grows on bread, ETC. Protists-They are a mixture of all the above kingdoms, some can produce there own food and move. Monera-They are the small bacteria that live everywhere.
What characteristics make a organism a protist?
All single celled organisms are placed under Kingdom Protista. This kingdom forms a link between other kingdoms of plants, animals and fungi. Members of Protista are primarily aquatic in nature.
What are 6 kingdoms used by biologists to classify?
plants, animals, monera, protists, fungi there are only 5 kingdoms
How do you think scientists classified protists when they divide all livings things into only 2 kingdoms?
They classified protists into the animal kingdom because they shared more similarities. Protists became their own kingdom in the 1830s. The protists kingdom expanded in 1845.
Is biologists the only scientists to classify things?
cuz
Name the six kingdoms?
i think they are only 5..they are animals,plants,fungi,protists,monerans
What were the only 2 kingdoms used to classify organisms before the discovery of organisms like Eugenla Which has characteristics of both these kingdoms?
Animal and Plants
Only two kingdoms were used thirty years ago to classify living things. How many kingdoms are used today?
Six.AnimaliaPlantaeFungiProtistaArchaeaand Bacteria
Which kingdoms of life are unicellular?
Bacteria
Are protists only prokaryotes?
No, protists are not only prokaryotes. They are a diverse group of eukaryotic organisms that do not fit into the plant, animal, or fungi kingdoms. They can be unicellular or multicellular and exhibit a wide range of cellular structures and functions.
Which kingdoms include only hetertrophic organisms?
The animal kingdom, which only includes the multicellular heterotrophs.
What are the five kingdoms?
The five-kingdom system of classification is only one of a few, and might be superseded. To common knowledge, the five kingdoms of life are:Monera (bacteria)Protista (protists - algae and protozoa)Fungi (yeasts, slime molds, toadstools)Plantae (mosses, flowering plants, gymnosperms)Animalia (animals - sponges, jellyfish, worms, starfish, insects, arachnids, vertebrates and so on)These days, a six-kingdom system seems to be taking over. The kingdoms are:Archaea (archaebacteria)Bacteria (bacteria)Protista (protists)FungiPlantaeAnimaliaNote however that this is not very impressive since protists are so diverse that they should really be divided into perhaps 60 kingdoms themselves. Taxonomists are still working at protist classification.
What of the five kingdoms have locomotion?
Organisms in the Animal kingdom are the only ones with the ability of locomotion. Plants, Fungi, Protists, and Monerans do not have this capability.
Why is it hard to classify extinct organisms using only fossil evidence?
Because scientists can not obtain the complete DNA of the extinct animal
