How Do Protists Obtain Food
Heterotrophic protists have to obtain carbon-containing nutrients by ingesting them — by ‘eating’ other organisms or decaying organic matter in the environment.

Which method of obtaining energy is unique to protists?

Reproduction and life cycles. Cell division in protists, as in plant and animal cells, is not a simple process, although it may superficially appear to be so. The typical mode of reproduction in most of the major protistan taxa is asexual binary fission.

What are three strategies used by protozoa to get food?

Protozoa have been classified into three trophic categories: the photo- autotrophs which harness the sun’s radiant energy in the process of photosynthesis; the photoheterotrophs, which although phototrophic in energy requirements, are unable to use carbon dioxide for cell synthesis and must have organic carbon …

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