Question

How do Protista differ from bacteria and archaea

Answer 1

protist are at least ten times bigger than both bacteria and archaea
protista are eukaryotes, bacteria and archaea are prokaryotes
protista consist both sing and multiple celled organism, bacteria and archaea are singled celled
protista have a membrane bound nucleus
protista live in environment that are at least moist, if not aquatic bacteria are ubiquitous and archaea exist in large numbers both in extreme environment, such as hot springs and in the world's ocean
protista were the first to evolve as sexual mode or reproduction, bacteria and archaea reproduce sexually through simple cell splitting called binary fission

Answer 2

The major difference between protista from bacteria and aechaea is in their cellular organization. Prostists are eukaryotes which is made up of single cell or multiple cells while bacteria and archaea are single cellular prokaryotes.

Due to eukaryotic in nature protists have well defined nucleus which contain their genetic material in compact form while bacteria and archaea do not contain nucleus and their genetic material is scattered in the cell.

Protists also contain small compartmentalized organelles while bacteria and archaea do not contain compartmentalized organelles which proves that protists are more evolved than bacteria and archaea. Bacteria are found everywhere but protists are found only in moist places.