do protists have cells for special tasks?

Question

i have 2 do this for a lab

Answer 1

The Protists are primarily single celled organisms so the answer there is no. There are some macro-algae that have been placed in that category but they would represent a very small % of the total number of described species of protists. The macro-algae or more commonly termed sea weeds are multicellular, and do show some differentiation in the role of different cells, for example Kelps have holdfasts (root like structures), stipes (like a stem), and blades (like leaves), but these cell all have chloroplasts unlike terrestrial plants, so the degree to which these cell types diifer in structure is small, but the morphological differences in the aggregate cells in thoses regions do serve certian functions for the whole organism, but even there the degree of specialization of cell function is small versus what we see in the plant kingdom species.

Answer 2

protists in general are unicellular, aside from the multicellular algae. The unicellular forms generally have specialized organelles (like all eukaryotes) that carry out specific functions (chloroplasts, mitochondria, food vacuoles, contractile vacuoles, etc.), but since they are made up of only one cell, they, as a general rule, don't have specialized cells that perform digestions, excretion, responsiveness, etc. The multicellular forms (especially the green algae) show some structures that pass in many biologists eyes as rudimentary tissues, especially in terms of reproduction.

Answer 3

protists are generally unicellular so they don't have "other" cells that would do special tasks. they have organelles(specialized cell parts)that do those "special" tasks

Answer 4

its been awhile since i've had that basic of bio but i think that all protists are only one cell to begin with.