Certain members of the kingdom Protista exhibit characteristics of both plants and animals. Which of the following combinations correctly identifies a protist with plant-like and animal-like features, respectively?
Diatoms (plant-like: cell wall of silica); Paramecium (animal-like: cilia for movement)
Euglena (plant-like: photosynthetic); Amoeba (animal-like: heterotrophic by phagocytosis)
Slime molds (plant-like: saprophytic); Dinoflagellates (animal-like: bioluminescence)
Amoeba (plant-like: pseudopodia); Paramecium (animal-like: heterotrophic)
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