Protists: First Eukaryotic Organisms

Protists are expressed to be the first eukaryotic organisms. The reason they are considered to be the first is because they are organisms that don’t usually fit into natural grouping. However, protists are grouped together with either plants, animals, or fungi based on their characteristic that they mostly resemble. Protists are also cells with nuclei that can be classified in many different ways. The ways they can be classified are based on their feeding, reproduction, movement, and other features that they use. Different protists feed in many different ways. One way that protists can feed is similar to the way humans eat which is by digesting there nutrients. The way this form of protists digests there food is internally. Another, way …show more content…
The way these different types of protists can be broken apart in to the different type groups is based on how they move. The first protists type is cilia. Cilia uses small microscopic hairs which are called cilia that allow the protist to move. These form of protist uses the hairs to flap against one another to allow the organism to be able to move through water or any other types of liquids easier. The next type of protist is flagella. Flagella has a long tail that is called a flagella. The flagella tail helps to propel the organism by moving the tail side to side to allow for the organism to gain momentum. The next type of protist is pseudopodia. Pseudopodia is different from other types of protists because it can extend its cell body. By the pseudopodia protist being able to extend its cell body allows for the organism to scoot its body around.
Algae is also a type of protist. Algae protist is the type that is able to perform photosynthetic. This form of protist is able to product their own food using oxygen and energy from the sun. However, even though algae is able to use photosynthetic does not make it a plant. The reason it does not make it a plant is because it has specialized tissues as well as organs which is something that plants do not …show more content…
Mitosis is a form of asexually reproduction because it involves a single cell organisms. With the use of mitosis it produces genetically identical organism of the parent cell. However, with meiosis it is a form of sexually reproduction because it takes two completely different parent cells in order to produce offspring. Which, is completely different from mitosis which only takes one single cell organism. Also, by using meiosis the offspring will not be genetically identical to that on the parent cells. The reason it will not be the same as the parent cells is because with sexual reproduction there is such a divert form of genetics that come together in order to product