Plankton

Plankton comes from the Greek word Planktos, meaning

• Light

• Drifter

• Wanderer

• Phototroph

These organisms photosynthesize to make their own food

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph

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Fill in the blanks for the Photosynthesis equation.

6 CO2 + 6 H2O -> _ + 6 O2

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What is one reason plankton are important?

• Photosynthesize

• Produce CO2

• Base of the food chain

• Consume O2

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Phytoplankton _ ?

• Take in CO2

• Are Photosynthetic

• Are Autotrophs

• All Answers

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These phytoplankton are symmetrical and float around

• Krill

• Dinoflagellates

• Diatoms

• Copepod

These phytoplankton can form long chains in the ocean and drift together.

• Dinoflagellates

• Diatoms

• Coccolithophores

Dinoflagellates use a _ -like tail, the flagella, to move around slowly

Large blooms of this plankton can cause a milky like color tint to the ocean in which they bloom.

• Diatoms

• Copepods

• Coccolithophores

• Dinoflagellates

At areas of _, where cold, nutrient water is brought to the surface.

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