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They use sunlight, carbon dioxide (CO2) and water, in a process called photosynthesis, to produce organic compounds which they use for food and to make their cells. One waste product is oxygen and this makes it possible for animals to live on earth.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoVery simply. They float around in the sunlight zone, using photosynthesis to produce food. Phytoplankton must stay in this zone to make use of the sunlight.
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∙ 11y agobecause that's their nature's habitat. we have nothing to do with that. they can survive in water.
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∙ 14y agoSunlight and water.
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∙ 12y agoSunlight
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What is the use of phytoplankton?
We use it for energy
Use the word phytoplankton in a sentence?
Lots of small fish eat phytoplankton. Whales eat plankton.
Is it true about half the photosynthesis on earth is performed by phytoplankton?
Yeah buddie. And the other half is preformed by the lovely land plants that cause us to thrive. XD
Do plankton eat ocean plants?
No, plankton do not eat ocean plants. Plankton eat phytoplankton, and phytoplankton use photosynthesis to retrieve energy from the sun.
Do phytoplankton have a shell?
Phytoplankton are photoautotrophic microorganisms. Many of them use chlorophyll but some of them are protistan eukaryotes, eubacterial prokaryotes or archaebacterial prokaryotes. None of them have a shell, however.
What are the two types of planktons?
Phytoplankton and zooplankton
Why are microorganisms here?
phytoplankton. phytoplankton.
Does phytoplankton eat phytoplankton?
whales
Is it true when phytoplankton use sunlight to produce food?
Mainly they are algae.So they are photosynthetic
Who eats a phytoplankton?
Zooplankton eat phytoplankton
What will eat phytoplankton?
Copepods will eat phytoplankton.
Is a phytoplankton eat other species phytoplankton?
Phytoplankton eats all other kinds of Plankton!?.
