Kingdom Protista MCQs

Their members have characteristics which separate them from other kingdoms

They only include unicellular aquatic eukaryotic organisms.

They do not develop from Blastula or embryo.

They contain ancestors for fungi plants & animals

John Hogg

Ernst Haeckel

Margulis and Schwartz

Herbert Copeland

Zooflagellates

Choanoflagellates

Trypanosoma

Trichonymphas

Zooflagellates

Actinopods

Foraminifera

Apicomplexans

Contain mainly unicellular organisms.

Their contractile vacuole is responsible for water regulation.

They are even capable of sexual reproduction.

Diploid nucleus being smaller is responsible for cells metabolism and growth while polyploidy nucleus functions in the sexual process.

Zooflagellates

Foraminiferans

Actinopods

Apicomplexans

Ciliates

Apicomplexans

Actinopods

Foraminiferans

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Ciliate

Foraminiferan

Actinopods

Apicomplexan

Trichonymphas

Trypanosoma

Euglena

Radiolarians