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Plankton is considered an animal, not a plant. it EATS plants, but is not one itself and also uses sunlight (photosynthesis).
Plankton can be both organisms of animals and plants. Plankton animals are called zooplankton and the plants are called phytoplankton.
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What ocean animals are plankton?
Plankton are microscopic sea creatures, and the term includes both animals and plants.
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.
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 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.
