PLANKTON RACE:
We have started a new experiment and we saw a video about how plankton live also what they eat how they protect them selfs and how the catch there preys, how to fool them selfs its really dark down in the ocean.
The weird part about them was there was no way the sun was going to get there every living thing needs the sun for the wealth of it and also photosynthesis, The phytoplankton uses the for photosynthesize its self.
ZOOPLANKTON: Zooplankton feeds off of photosynthesize also they have to find a way in the photic zone they don't swim they drift where ever they go they also have a special adaptation floating system.
DINOFLAGELLATES: Dinoflagellates are a type of plankton, they use flagella or maybe long tails to help stay at balance ciliates use cilia. Other planktons use a form of chain to gain surface area to stay floating. Some other plankton
VOCABULARY:
Photic zone: The depth of water in a lake or ocean that is exposed to sufficient sunlight to photosynthesize.
Plankton: Small organisms that float or drift in great numbers in bodies of salt or fresh water: a primary food source for many animals, and consists of bacteria, protozoans, algae, cnidarians, tiny crustaceans such as copepods, and many other organisms.
Benthic: Non-floating plankton: these plankton do not float in the water - instead they live attached to or on top of a solid surface like rocks, plants, sediment, even a single grain of sand: planktonic diatoms are typically pennate, or not round - this is the most common type of diatom to find in alake.
Planktonic: Floating in the water column: planktonic diatoms are typically centric, or round.
Phytoplankton: A type of plankton (drifting marine organism that makes up the foundation of the marine food web ) that relies on photosynthesis. this group is comprised mostly of single-celled algae, diatoms, and bacteria.
Zooplankton: A type of plankton that feeds on phytoplankton.
Adaptations: Any physical or behavioral trait that allows an organism to better survive in its environment.
Cilia: Hair - like extensions found on ciliates, a type of plankton, to help them move and catch food.
Flagella: Tails found on dianoflagellates, a type of plankton.
Surface area: The total area of all of the faces and curved surface of a solid object.
Density: Mass per unit of volume: a measire of the relative " heaviness" of objects.
Micron: A unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter. this is the unit used to measure plankton size conversion formulas: microns = 1000 x mm: millimeters = microns x 0.001.
We have started a new experiment and we saw a video about how plankton live also what they eat how they protect them selfs and how the catch there preys, how to fool them selfs its really dark down in the ocean.
The weird part about them was there was no way the sun was going to get there every living thing needs the sun for the wealth of it and also photosynthesis, The phytoplankton uses the for photosynthesize its self.
ZOOPLANKTON: Zooplankton feeds off of photosynthesize also they have to find a way in the photic zone they don't swim they drift where ever they go they also have a special adaptation floating system.
DINOFLAGELLATES: Dinoflagellates are a type of plankton, they use flagella or maybe long tails to help stay at balance ciliates use cilia. Other planktons use a form of chain to gain surface area to stay floating. Some other plankton
VOCABULARY:
Photic zone: The depth of water in a lake or ocean that is exposed to sufficient sunlight to photosynthesize.
Plankton: Small organisms that float or drift in great numbers in bodies of salt or fresh water: a primary food source for many animals, and consists of bacteria, protozoans, algae, cnidarians, tiny crustaceans such as copepods, and many other organisms.
Benthic: Non-floating plankton: these plankton do not float in the water - instead they live attached to or on top of a solid surface like rocks, plants, sediment, even a single grain of sand: planktonic diatoms are typically pennate, or not round - this is the most common type of diatom to find in alake.
Planktonic: Floating in the water column: planktonic diatoms are typically centric, or round.
Phytoplankton: A type of plankton (drifting marine organism that makes up the foundation of the marine food web ) that relies on photosynthesis. this group is comprised mostly of single-celled algae, diatoms, and bacteria.
Zooplankton: A type of plankton that feeds on phytoplankton.
Adaptations: Any physical or behavioral trait that allows an organism to better survive in its environment.
Cilia: Hair - like extensions found on ciliates, a type of plankton, to help them move and catch food.
Flagella: Tails found on dianoflagellates, a type of plankton.
Surface area: The total area of all of the faces and curved surface of a solid object.
Density: Mass per unit of volume: a measire of the relative " heaviness" of objects.
Micron: A unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter. this is the unit used to measure plankton size conversion formulas: microns = 1000 x mm: millimeters = microns x 0.001.