Famous for their shape-shifting abilities, amoebas move using "false feet" called pseudopodia. They wrap these around their prey (usually bacteria) to engulf them in a process called phagocytosis.
A fascinating "hybrid" organism. It has a whip-like tail (flagellum) to move and chloroplasts to make food. However, if it’s kept in the dark, it can switch to eating other organisms like an animal. Protista Kingdom Examples Of Organisms
While it looks like a massive underwater tree, kelp is actually a multicellular protist (brown algae). It can grow up to 2 feet per day, forming massive underwater forests. 3. The Fungus-Like Protists (Molds) It has a whip-like tail (flagellum) to move
These organisms contain chloroplasts and perform photosynthesis. They produce a huge portion of the world's oxygen. It can grow up to 2 feet per
These typically live in water or moist soil. The most infamous example is Phytophthora infestans , the organism responsible for the Irish Potato Famine in the 1840s. Why They Matter
