General characteristics

Protists have been called both plants and animals. thay are sigle celled and have a definate nucei. They can swim by using lashes that whip to and fro. Like animals they may catch and eat other organisms, but they also have chlorophyll and can make glucose, like plants and purple bacteria.

reproduction

Protists reproduce both asexualy and by sexual recombination.

ALGAE

Algae is a protist that lives in water, and produces its own food. There are more that 7000 species of green algae. there is also red and brown algae.

EXAMPLES

Green Algae

GIARDIA