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Plankton, which includes both tiny plants (phytoplankton) and animals (zooplankton), form the foundation of aquatic food webs and have existed for millions of years. These microscopic organisms are essential for the Earth's ecosystems, contributing to oxygen production and serving as a primary food source for larger marine life. Over geological time, some planktonic organisms evolved into more complex life forms, influencing the development of marine biodiversity. Their ancient presence highlights the crucial role they play in maintaining the health of oceanic environments.
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How does nature look like?
Natural Gas started out like tiny plants animals called it plankton, it lived in ancient lakes and seas millions of years ago. The "plankton" died sank to the bottom of the seas and lakes and it was buried in the sand and mud. Millions of years, bacteria, heat and pressure changed the plankton into natural gas!
What ocean animals are plankton?
Plankton are microscopic sea creatures, and the term includes both animals and plants.
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).
A group made up of drifting plants and animals?
A group made up of drifting plants and animals are called plankton. Plankton is a source of food for many animals such as whales.
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.
What does a planketon eat?
Plankton is a mix of plants and animals, the plants "eat" sunlight, the animals eat the plants and each other.
Does a stingray eat animals or plants?
It eats plankton, which is a plant
How are plankton plants a part of the plant kingdom?
Planktons are not animals they are plants! Save for zooplankton.
What sea animals eat only plants?
plankton eats only plants in the ocean
Is plankton a bacteria?
No, plankton are not bacteria. Plankton are diverse organisms that can include bacteria, algae, and small animals. Bacteria are single-celled microorganisms, while plankton encompass a wide variety of both single-celled and multicellular organisms that drift in water.
What is plankton mad out of?
Plankton is made of very tiny plants or animals, which are usually one-celled. Phytoplankton is the name of the plant plankton; Zooplankton is the name of the animal plankton.
What do mussles eat?
They eat microscopic plants and animals called plankton.
