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Phytoplankton are neither plants nor animals. Phytoplankton are similar to plants, in that they contain chlorophyll and photosynthesize. However, phytoplankton are not in the plant kingdom. Rather, the term phytoplankton is used to describe any photosynthetic organism that drifts in the ocean (that is, they do not swim fast enough to control where they are in the ocean and are at the whim of the currents). Included in the phytoplankton are photosynthetic bacteria ("cyanobacteria") and photosynthetic single-celled eukaryotes. Photosynthetic organisms that are not plants can be referred to collectively as "algae".
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What is the difference between phytoplankton and zooplankton?
phytoplankton are autotrophs and zooplankton are heterotrophs
What does phytoplankton and zooplankton look like through a microscope?
phytoplankton (plants) are straight-ish zooplanton (animals) are squiggly-ish
Are dinoflagellates phytoplankton?
No phytoplankton would have to be plants and dinoflagellates are animals and if regarded as part of the plankton would need to be called zoo-plankton.
What are the small creatures in the ocean called?
There are many types of animals and plants in the ocean. The tiny sea plants and animals are called plankton or phytoplankton.
Are plantons plants and animals?
plankton is of 2 types: animal(zooplankton) and plant (phytoplankton)
What animals or plants do jellyfish eat?
jellyfish can eat zoeplankton, phytoplankton, and small fish
What plant do zooplankton eat?
Plankton are microscopic organisms that live in the ocean. Zooplankton are tiny animals. Phytoplankton are tiny plants. Some examples of phytoplankton include many types of algae, or single-celled plants.
Are plankton prouducers?
There are two sorts of plankton, zoo plankton and phytoplankton. Phytoplankton are plants and are producers while zoo plankton are animals that eat other plankton.
Does animals undergo photosynthesis?
No. The only living organisms that undergo phtosythesis are plants on land and phytoplankton in water.
The loggerhead sea turtle food web What is the producer?
There are two- algae and phytoplankton. These are small plants and animals in the ocean.
Does zooplankton eat phytoplankton?
AnswerNo its the other way around, Plankton is made of Phytoplankton which are plants. Plants make their own food using sunlight and the process of photosynthesis. You then get small creatures and larvae of other animals that feed on the phytoplankton called zooplankton. Jellyfish are also part of the plankton and they eat fish.
What are plankton that are plants?
Phytoplankton
