Protist are nature's variety show. It is because there are so many different groups of them. They do share some things in common. Protist need moist surroundings. Some live in damp soil, rotting eggs, or the bodies of other oganisms. Most live in oceans, ponds, swamps or other 
My Message to the WorldMy Message To The World Members of the Protist Kingdom are often microscopic. Some protists can make their own food others cannot. Some display much movement, others little. Protists are classified as microscopic, one-celled organisms. Some form colonies of many cells and may have qualities of both animals and plants. Some make their own food through photosynthesis. Amoeba moves by forming false feet. Parameciun is with a group of protozones that have short, hair like structures called cillia all over their bodies. They use the cillia live oars to move and to sweep food into their mouths. Others have whiplike structures called flagella for moving through watery surroundings. A fourth group is parasites. Protists affect their living things by algae being helpful to everyone. They produce most of the oxygen that Earth's organisms depend upon. One of the fungus like protist such as slime molds are recyclers that help break down leaves and fallen trees. Sign My Guestbook
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