Sources:
http://www.biologycorner.com/lesson-plans/phyla/kingdom-protista/,
http://teachers.oregon.k12.wi.us/hanson/protist.htm
http://www.biologycorner.com/lesson-plans/phyla/kingdom-protista/,
http://teachers.oregon.k12.wi.us/hanson/protist.htm
Characteristics
- mostly unicellular, some are multicellular (algae)
- can be a heterotroph or an autotroph
- most live in water (though some live in moist soil or even the human body)
- ALL are eukaryotic (have a nucleus)
- cells have a membrane around the nucleus
- some use photosynthesis, and others use water around them to get nutrients
- most split into two to reproduce