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small, sometimes microscopic animals that live in water and feed on phytoplankton (algae), other zooplankton, or detritus (dead material)... more

Plankton

It’s a Plankton Eat Plankton World

Colleen Miks

During this activity you will learn how to create your own food web. You will also analyze the feeding relationships between marine organisms and describe the importance of plankton to the ecosystem.

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Different Kinds of Life

zooplankton
Some plankton are made of just one cell while others, like this zooplankton, are made of many cells.
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