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Animal and plant diversity
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Animal and plant diversity Introduction: There are five kingdoms of living things. They are the Animal, Plant, Fungi, Monera and the Protists kingdom. The Protist Kingdom is made up of single-celled organisms. All of the protists are eukaryotic and there are about 50 000 species of protists. Some of the examples of protists are amoeba, paramecium, euglena, chlamydomonas, and stentor. These tiny organisms are mostly microscopic but some can be macroscopic. Most of these are found in fresh water, sea, moist soil and in the bodies of animals. Most of the protist species are heterotrophic which means that they feed off other living things. Some are autotrophs; examples of these are Amoeba, paramecium, and euglena. There are some species that contain chloroplast to make their own food by photosynthesis. Some others have different ways of containing their food or catching their prey. Protozoans have developed a number of different ways to move....
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