protists

Protists Can use photosynthesis to create food

Protists have many different ways of creating food such as photosynthesis. The process of

photosynthesis is when organisms absorb the sun's energy and turn it into sugar in the body

for nutrients. This is infact how plants get their energy.

Protist Reproduction

Protist mostly reproduce asexualy, for example binary fission. Binary Fission is the process

where the parent cell splits into two identical cells. Still scientists need to find the root of how

the first cell split, this will help them find the ancestral protists.

Process of asexual

reproduction

Protists are responsible for many disease

Malaria is caused by protists which kills many people especially americans as they haven't built

a tolerance to them. Protists also cause much other disease and sickness to harm many

people.

Protists are recyclers

Along with diseases protists are necessary for photosynthesis and are decomposers. A plant
like protist called algae makes 50% of the entire worlds photosynthesis. Other fungi protists

break down dead material and turn it into nutrients for the earth.

Protist Classification

Protist are classified as two terms protozoa and protists. Protozoans were known as early
animals. Later Protozoa was established as a phylum or subset of the animal kingdom by

German scientist Carl Theodor von Seibold. Protist or protista means the first of all or

primordial.