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They look like squiggles, lines and shrimp.

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What does phytoplankton and zooplankton look like through a microscope?

phytoplankton (plants) are straight-ish zooplanton (animals) are squiggly-ish


What does zooplankton look like?

AnswerThese are microscopic organisms, similar to phytoplankton, who consume other plankton and digest waste. Some look like microscopic shrimp and others may look like tiny floating insects, depending on the type.


Does a phytoplankton grow in the water?

like poo....


What are phytopla nkton?

Do you mean phytoplankton? If so then : Phytoplankton are microscopic plant-like organisms that live in the ocean. Hope this helps :)


Is Euglena a phytoplankton?

it is mostly photosynthetic... when it's in the light.... but when in the dark it is heterotrophic.


Autotroph is to heterotroph as phytoplankton is to what?

Zooplankton. Phytoplankton are autotrophs, as they produce their own food through photosynthesis. Zooplankton are heterotrophs, relying on consuming other organisms, like phytoplankton, to obtain their energy.


How do phytoplankton taste like?

I have eaten phytoplankton at the ching chang restraunt on 146 china road in china. It tast like chicken but you have to put saus on it. Other wise it tast like poo


Do phytoplankton eat krill?

Phytoplankton are producers. They are like plants. They take in light and water and nutrients and put out energy. Phytoplankton do not eat any organisms, although they can cause things like red tides which would make it deabtable whether or not they are the direct cause of death.


What are the two types of free floating organisms?

Plankton and nekton are the two types of free-floating organisms. Plankton are small organisms that drift with the currents and include both phytoplankton (plant-like) and zooplankton (animal-like). Nekton are larger, more mobile organisms like fish and marine mammals that actively swim in the water column.


What pigment allows phytoplankton to photosynthesize like plants do?

It does not have Chorophyll


How do phytoplankton get food?

They make it with photosynthesis, like all plants.


What are the two types of planktons?

Phytoplankton and zooplankton