Protists

Question 1

Kingdom Protista

Answer 1

Very diverse; subdivided into 5 supergroups. Organisms are unicellular or multicellular and have multiple metabolism modalities

Question 2

Endosymbiotic hypothesis

Answer 2

It is believed that aerobic bacteria became mitochondria and cyanobacteria became chloroplasts

Question 3

Mixotrophic protists

Answer 3

Combine autotrophic and heterotrophic nutritional modes

Question 4

Heterotrophic protists

Answer 4

Ones that cannot make their own food and thus will take nutrition from other sources of organic carbon

Question 5

Autotrophic

Answer 5

Ones that can make their own food using carbon from simple substances like CO2 (and photosynthesis)