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Phytoplankton receive energy through photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is the process of making glucose using sunlight. Carbon dioxide, sunlight, and water combine, producing glucose sugars that the being can use for energy.
Zooplankton however feed off phytoplankton and decaying matter. They are known as detrivores.
Phytoplankton use photosynthesis to make food; zooplankton get energy from other phytoplankton and decay matter.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe term plankton refers to extremely small plants and animals found in the top layer of the ocean. Its original source of energy is sunlight. Plankton contains a large amount of single celled algae, diatoms, rotifers, and other creatures that turn sunlight into food. They use the same process that plants and trees use on the surface of the earth. Small animals consisting of one or a few cells are also called plankton and eat those creatures that turn light into food. Plankton also consists of the eggs and young of larger fish and other creatures. Basically, the energy source is sunlight.
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∙ 12y agoThey get their food from the sun(photosynthesis)which is what gives them energy.
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∙ 12y agoplankton gets its energy from algae
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By eating phytoplankton
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What food does a plankton eat?
well plankton eats the energy from the sun and that helps it provide oxygen and this is the process of photosynthesis. so really plankton only eats the suns heat and energy.
What do plankton produce?
Energy, oxygen.
How does the Atlantic puffin get energy from the sun?
puffins eat fish fish eat zoo plankton zoo plankton eat phytoplankton phytoplankton fix nutrients using energy from the sun. puffins eat fish fish eat zoo plankton zoo plankton eat phytoplankton phytoplankton fix nutrients using energy from the sun. puffins eat fish fish eat zoo plankton zoo plankton eat phytoplankton phytoplankton fix nutrients using energy from the sun.
What allow plankton to grow?
Energy from the sun
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.
What directly allows plankton to grow?
Energy from the sun
Why are plant plankton called producers?
Plant plankton are called producers because the get energy from the sun and make their own food
What is directly responsible for providing energy to plankton in the ocean?
sun
Absorbs energy by breaking down organic matter?
Plankton
What most directly allows plankton grow?
Energy from the sun.APEX
Do zoo plankton eat phyto plankton?
YES.... Plankton always eat krill.... This means krill is the lowest living thing in the food chain.. peace out hustlers
How do the tiny plants called plankton get energy they need to survive?
Like any other green plant, they get their energy from sunlight. The tiny organisms that make up plankton include animals (zooplankton) that eat smaller organisms and plant material, which gives them energy.
