Kingdom Protista (Protists)

The Protist Kingdom has been called the "junk drawer" of the classification system. Things that scientists don't know where to fit otherwise get placed in the Protist Kingdom!  Most of the time Protists are:

• single-celled
• Eukaryotic (they have a nuclear membrane)
• Some are "animal-like"- they move, and have to get their food
• Others are "plant-like" - don't move and make their own food (photosynthesize)
• Many are found in pond water 

You will be looking at Protists this week while we study micro