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Diatoms are considered phytoplankton. The term phytoplankton is used to refer collectively to all photosynthetic organisms that live by floating in seawater. "Phyto" refers to plant and "plankton" refers to a floating lifestyle. Despite their classification as phytoplankton, diatoms are technically not plants since they are single-celled rather than multicellular like plants.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe diatoms are called plantlike protists because they contain chlorophyll and can make their own food. As well, since they are encased in two shells.
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∙ 6y agoNo they are not vertebrate , they are invertebrates .
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∙ 13y agoIs diatom plant like or animal like?
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∙ 10y agoPlant like protist.An algae.
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∙ 11y agoPlant like, they use photosynthesis.
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∙ 15y agoPlant
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∙ 12y agoplant cell
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What is the most numerous organism in the ocean?
diatoms
What gives the skin it's slightly yellowish tinge it a heaviest boneless animal?
Diatoms give the skin its slightly yellowish tinge.
What are three animals that reproduce asexually?
Three creatures that reproduce asexually are the paramecium, amoeba, and diatoms. These are microscopic organisms that live mainly in freshwater. In case you haven't heard of diatoms, they're a group of single celled alga that come in many shapes and colors.
Plantlike organisms that live on dead organic matter?
Fungi these are simple plant like organisms that live on dead organic matter read you book
Is a unicorn a organism?
It would be an IMAGINARY organism. Sorry- but they do not really exist, so they are not an organism.
What physical characteristic did the plantlike Noctiluca and animallike Trypanosoma gambienese have in common?
What physical characteristic did the plantlike Noctilucaand animallike Trypanosoma gambienese have in common?
Is Euglena animallike plantlike or funguslike?
fungi like
What protists are plantlike?
Unicellular Algae such as Spirogyra, Euglena, Diatoms.
What three kingdoms make up the protista?
animallike protist, plantlike protist, and fungilike prostist make up the kingdom Protista.
The plantlike protists with delicate shells that make up a large proportion of the phytoplankton in freshwater ecosystems are?
Diatoms
What are a diatoms physical characteristics?
Diatoms are plantlike protists of the phylum Bacillariophyta.
What organism has silica walls?
class chrysophyta
In what ways are diatoms dinoflagellates and other plantlike protists similar to plants?
they can make photosynthesis to make thier own food.
Does animal protest or plant protest have a glass like cell wall?
The diatoms, plantlike protists, have glass-like cell walls.
What makes algae?
Algae is a micorscopic plantlike organism, it makes itself.
What is the most numerous organism in the ocean?
diatoms
What is a plantlike organism that has a nucleus?
I'm like 80 percent sure it's a plant cell
