Some protozoa are referred to as \"plant-like\" while others are referred to as

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Some protozoa are referred to as "plant-like" while others are referred to as "animal like". Of the three protozoans examined in this in which protists are "plantlike" and which are "animal-like"; briefly explain your reasons for your classification of these organisms in the space provided in Table 4. Table 4. Comparison of nutritional behaviour among protists. Nutritional Behaviour organism (plant-like animal-like) Reason Euglena Paramecium Blepharisma Amoeba Examination of the Structural Differences among Diatoms

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Organism Nutritional behavior (plant -lke/ animal - like) Reason Euglena Plant - like (phototroph) It contains chloroplasts Paramecium/ Blepharisma Animal like (heterotroph) Sweep the prey organisms by cilia through oral groove and absorbed and digested in food vacuoles Amoeba Animal like (heterotroph) It absorbs nutrients to cell surface membrane by phagocytosis or pinocytosis

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