Question

Protists include
(a) Bacteria, fungi, algae, and Bryophyta
(b) Protozoa, alagae and fungi
(c) Vascular plants, slime moulds, and fungi
(d) Bacteria, algae, protozoa, and bryophyte

Answer 1

Hint:
Protists are classified into many groups. The three categories into which protists are classified are- animal-like,fungus-like, and plant-like. These are classified based on their nutrition, how they reproduce and how are they motile.

Complete step by step answer:
The animal-like protists are known as protozoa, the plant-like photosynthetic protists are the algae, and the fungus-like protists are the slime moulds and water moulds. Protozoan protists are protozoa that are all unicellular heterotrophs, mostly free living. It locomote with the help of pseudopodia, cilia or flagella.Both asexual and sexual reproduction occur among protozoa.
Photosynthetic protists are commonly termed algae. They constitute the majority of phytoplanktons. They account for about 70-80% of global photosynthesis. For example- dinoflagellates, diatoms, and euglenoids. Then comes slime moulds. These are the heterotrophic protists that exhibit the characteristics of both fungi and protozoa. They resemble fungi in their production of spores and resemble protozoa in their ability to move (amoeboid movement) and ingestion and digestion of particulate foods. Oomycetes or oomycetes include water moulds, white rusts, and downy mildew. These were traditionally placed in the kingdom of fungi.

Option ‘B’ is correct

Note:
Fungi are heterotropic, spore-bearing eukaryotes. Fungi may be single-celled or multicellular. Long filamentous, branched structures are called hyphae which are found in multicellular fungi. The hyphae aggregate in a dense network known as mycelium.