Protist Kingdom by Robey

The Protist Kingdom is made up of unicellular lifeforms that have a nucleus inside of them. Because they have a nucleus, is makes them more complex than another group called Monera. Many different Protists are plant and animal-like. They are like plants because they are green and have the ability to create their own food, but are like animals because they have moving body parts, which allow them to constantly move around their environment. Biologists think that Protists are actually the ancestors of plants and animals, that is why they seem to be similar to both of these different groups.

          Protists generally have similar parts that make them up. They have cilia to move around, a mouth pore to eat, an anal pore to dispose of their waste, and a food vacuole for food storage, as they move around. They store food just in case that they are not able to find food while they are moving, because they hold such little food and burn it up quickly, they need to have a storage to fill their constant need.