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Because of their minute size and inability to swim against the current.
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What is planktons natural preditor?
Plankton has a number of natural predators. Lobster larvae eat zooplankton and phytoplankton. Zooplankton and phytoplankton eat each other and many types of crustaceans eat both types of plankton.
Is a plankton a consumer or producer?
Plankton may be both producer (phytoplankton) and consumer (zoo plankton) but is not a decomposer (that is the job for bacteria). Phytoplankton is the producer, which is eaten by zooplankton, which is then eaten by other organisms in the ocean.
Is plankton a producer or or decomposer?
Plankton may be both producer (phytoplankton) and consumer (zoo plankton) but is not a decomposer (that is the job for bacteria). Phytoplankton is the producer, which is eaten by zooplankton, which is then eaten by other organisms in the ocean.
Is a plankton a consumer producer or a decomposer?
Plankton may be both producer (phytoplankton) and consumer (zoo plankton) but is not a decomposer (that is the job for bacteria). Phytoplankton is the producer, which is eaten by zooplankton, which is then eaten by other organisms in the ocean.
How are zooplankton and phytoplankton the same?
Both are planktonic organisms.
Are Plankton a combination of plants and animals?
Plankton are a large group of various organisms that drift in waters and are eaten by larger organisms. They consists of very small animals, algae, bacteria and protists. As a group they contain both animals and plants (algae).
How are phytoplankton and grass alike?
Both phytoplankton and zooplankton can live together. They are both free-floating organisms that live in open water. Plankton are often referred to as algae, but they are not algae.
Is plankton multicellular?
Plankton is made up of both unicellular and pluricellularorganisms.
What are similarities between zooplankton and phytoplankton?
omg wow... if i asked Google... they could answer that and there only 12 years old and they know more than you... im young and the anwer is phytoplankton and zooplankton both live in the ocean
Is an anchovy a herbivore carnivore or an omnivore?
Anchovy eat mostly plankton and hatched fish. So, it is an omnivore because plankton can include animal and plant matter that float in water.
Is zooplankton plant or animal?
"Zooplankton" refers to small aquatic animals. The "zoo-" prefix refers to animals, as in zoology, and zoo (which is short for "zoological garden". Zooplankton also are animal like because they consume their food.
Are they plankton?
Plankton are mostly tiny animal and plant organisms that float or weakly swim in the ocean's surface waters. Some plankton are single-celled while others are multi-celled---with some forming colonies. The word plankton comes from the Greek planktos, meaning drifting or wandering. The organisms that make up plankton are very numerous and diverse; they can be grouped in many different ways. One division is based on the ability for photosynthesis; those plankton (mostly algae) that are capable of this process are called phytoplankton. Non-photosynthesizing (often termed animal) plankton are called zooplankton. The divisions of plankton are not made based on plant or animal characteristics---because some plankton can exhibit traits of both plants and animals.
