Question

Need help please!
Characteristics of Plant-like protists?
(describe color)
(describe the shape of your protist)
(how does your protist move)
(how does your protist obtain food)

Answer 1

What Plant-like protists did you choose?

Answer 2

Chrysophyta @Goku-Kai

Answer 3

Well here is 6 other Plant like protists that answers the question you asked:

1. Red Algae
a. Group containing most of the world’s seaweeds
b. Have chlorophyll and a red pigment that gives them their color
c. Multicellular
d. Live in marine waters and attach to rocks or another algae
e. They can grow in deeper water because the red pigment lets them absorb sunlight at a deeper depth
f. Can grow up to 260 meters underwater
g. Grow to about a maximum of 1 meter

2. Brown Algae
a. The algae that live in colder climates are mostly brown algae
b. They attach to rocks or form big floating beds in the ocean
c. Have chlorophyll and yellowish- brownish pigment
d. Are very large and can grow up to 60 meters in one season
e. Since only the top gets sunlight, they make food (chlorophyll) and send it to the roots

3. Green Algae
a. They are green because the chlorophyll is the main pigment they have
b. Live in water and moist soil, but can be found in melting snow and inside other organisms.
c. Some are singlecellular and some are multicellular
d. Multicelled grows up to 8 meters
e. Some singlecelled live in colonies

4. Diatoms
a. Singlecellular
b. Live in salt and fresh water and sometimes hold on to plants, shellfish, sea turtles, and whales
c. Use photosynthesis
d. Are a large portion of phytoplankton
e. Cell walls have silica and cellulose
f. The cells are inside a shell that fits together almost perfectly
g. Piles of these shells over millions of years form a substance that is in toothpaste, silver polish, filters, insulation, and more.

5. Dinoflagellates
a. Most are single cell
b. Live mostly in salt water, but some are found in fresh water and snow.
c. Have 2 flagella that make the protists spin
d. Most use photosynthesis, but some get food as consumers, decomposers, or parasites
e. They are sometimes red and produce a strong poison
f. When they produce very fast, they cause red tide, where the water turns red and the shellfish eat the algae, making the shellfish poisonous to all vertebrates.

6. Euglenoids
a. Single cell
b. Live mostly in fresh water
c. Have plant and animal characteristics
d. Use photosynthesis, but when there’s not enough light, they are consumers
e. Some don’t use photosynthesis at all because they don’t have chloroplast. Instead, they just eat other protists or take in nutrients
f. Move by using flagella to push them through the water

Answer 4

Would this help?

Answer 5

yes @Goku-Kai

Answer 6

Cool! Anything else?

Answer 7

No thats it thanks @Goku-Kai

Answer 8

No problemo! :) Thanks or the medal! Tag me if you need help in the future!

Answer 9

Okay thank you :) @Goku-Kai

Answer 10

I have another question? @Goku-Kai

Answer 11

Throw it at me :)

Answer 12

What are two things chrysophyta contributes to the enviornment.
for one i have in fresh water the help with the aquatic food chain

Answer 13

@Goku-Kai

Answer 14

When they die, their shells help to form sediments on the sea!

Answer 15

Sediment is a naturally occurring material that is broken down by processes of weathering and erosion, and is subsequently transported by the action of wind, water, or ice, and/or by the force of gravity acting on the particle itself.

Answer 16

ok thanks you makes sense :) @Goku-Kai

Answer 17

No prob!

Answer 18

hoe else does the protists help the enviornment? @Goku-Kai

Answer 19

hoe?

Answer 20

lol jk

Answer 21

Give me a sec

Answer 22

haha ok :) @Goku-Kai

Answer 23

Protists in the environment help produce oxygen, food and the decomposition of dead organisms. They also help with oxygen exchange amongst plants and humans. You can find more information here: http://irishkilo.tripod.com/id10.html

Answer 24

okay thank you so much for the help again haha @Goku-Kai

Answer 25

Your welcome! That's why i'm here! ;)