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Could an ecosystem that contains only protists remain in continued exsistence?
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∙ 10y ago
yes.
Protists are single celled organisms which include both animal-like cells and also plant-like cells. The plants are the reason such an ecosystem can sustain itself. The plants manufacture food and the animals either eat the plants or recycle dead cells.
Any closed container demonstrates this, since the water will become green and stay that way for as long as the jar remains undisturbed. This theoretically can be thousands of years.
After this time, the organisms may have evolved species found nowhere else on earth, except for inside the jar. They will be perfectly adapted to jar existence and could probably live nowhere else. This is principally how species in the real world become extinct. Someone or something breaks their jar.
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What type of protists contains chlorophyll?
Algae is a protist. All algae contains chlorophyll.
Why are fungus like protists not members of the kingdom fungi?
plants contain cellulose in their cell wall while fungi contains chitin as a major component of its cell wall.Besides fungi are absorptive heterotrophs while plants are photosynthetic autotrophs.fungi lacks centrioles and contains chitin in its cell wall(as described earlier) but certain protists have centrioles and produce cellulose in their cell wall.some protists also contain some pigments like Chl.a Chl.b caroteins etc while fungi does not.Due to these reasons Fungi has separate kingdom.
What kingdom contains photosynthetic multicellular organisms that live on the land?
plantae, monera and protista
Are protists mostly multicellular?
No, protists are generally unicellular.
Does protists have a nucleus?
Protists are eukariyotic creatures.So they have nucleii.
What is one of the functions of protists that help the ecosystem?
THEY ABSORB NUTRIENTS FROM AIR
When a biologist is studying interactions among the protists in an ecosystem not work in the organ level why?
Organ
What type of food contains protists?
bread ,yogurt
What type of protists contains chlorophyll?
Algae is a protist. All algae contains chlorophyll.
A biologist studying interactions among the protists in an ecosystem could not be working at which level in life's hierarchy?
The Organ Level
What are the good uses of protists?
Protists are useful in the ecosystem. They are used in some high blood pressure medicines. They are also used by fish breeders to feed small fry for their first few days of life.
Where do protists live?
the two characteristics shared by all three groups of protists is protozoa and algae
What animal like protists that use for movement and for feeding are members of the phylum sarcodina?
Amoebas are the animal-like protists in the phylum Sarcodina that use pseudopods for both movement and feeding. These pseudopods are temporary bulges of the cell membrane and cytoplasm used to engulf food and propel the organism forward.
Why are fungus like protists not members of the kingdom fungi?
plants contain cellulose in their cell wall while fungi contains chitin as a major component of its cell wall.Besides fungi are absorptive heterotrophs while plants are photosynthetic autotrophs.fungi lacks centrioles and contains chitin in its cell wall(as described earlier) but certain protists have centrioles and produce cellulose in their cell wall.some protists also contain some pigments like Chl.a Chl.b caroteins etc while fungi does not.Due to these reasons Fungi has separate kingdom.
What role do protists play in a freshwater ecosystem?
Protists play the part of eating bacteria in a fresh water ecosystem. They also eat other particles that contain bacteria hence helping in keeping the number of bacteria in the water in check.
What structures do all protists have?
The protists do not have much in common besides a relatively simple organization[3] - either they are unicellular, or they are multicellular without specialized tissues. This simple cellular organization distinguishes the protists from other eukaryotes, such as fungi, animals and plants. Protists live in almost any environment that contains liquid water. Many protists, such as the algae, are photosynthetic and are vital primary producers in ecosystems, particularly in the ocean as part of the plankton. Other protists, such as the Kinetoplastids and Apicomplexa are responsible for a range of serious human diseases, such as malaria and sleeping sickness.
What do all protists have?
The protists do not have much in common besides a relatively simple organization[3] - either they are unicellular, or they are multicellular without specialized tissues. This simple cellular organization distinguishes the protists from other eukaryotes, such as fungi, animals and plants. Protists live in almost any environment that contains liquid water. Many protists, such as the algae, are photosynthetic and are vital primary producers in ecosystems, particularly in the ocean as part of the plankton. Other protists, such as the Kinetoplastids and Apicomplexa are responsible for a range of serious human diseases, such as malaria and sleeping sickness.
