Plant-like protists are commonly called what?
seaweed
fungus
sponge
algae
Plant-like protists are commonly called algae (alga, singular) . Some algae consist of single cells. They are called diatoms. Other algae are multicellular. An example is seaweed. Seaweed called kelp can grow as large as trees. You can see both a diatom and kelp in Figure below . Algae are probably ancestors of plants.