Question

Larry’s science teacher mentioned protozoans in one of their classes. She said that protozoans are organisms that consume other living organisms to obtain energy. In which category will protozoan be?

Answer 1

they are in the category of parasite

Answer 2

The protozoan is considered to be the subkingdom of Protista, they were placed under the kingdom Animalia.

• The Protozoan can not use sunlight as a source of energy but they can eat other organisms or dead parts of organisms to obtain energy.

• Protozoans are single-celled eukaryotes. Their characteristics usually related to animals.

• Protozoa have traditionally divided on the basis of locomotion. They are very small organisms we can see under microscope only.

• Protozoa are found in fresh or seawater and moist soil, their nutrition is a heterotrophic mode of nutrition.