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What are the two types of planktons?

Phytoplankton and zooplankton


What is smaller than zooplankton?

Phytoplankton is smaller than zooplankton because it eats phytoplankton.


What are the three primary types of plankton?

What different categories can plankton be placed into?


Who eats a phytoplankton?

Zooplankton eat phytoplankton


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.


Zooplankton get their energy from?

Zooplankton get their food from eating phytoplankton. The phytoplankton are the base of the food chain. Zooplankton are primary consumers or the second step in the food chain.


What can zooplankton eat?

phytoplankton


How zooplankton controls the growth of phytoplankton?

Zooplankton can control the growth of phytoplankton by grazing on them, reducing their population. This grazing pressure can influence the size and composition of phytoplankton communities. By consuming phytoplankton, zooplankton can also regulate nutrient cycling and ecosystem productivity in aquatic environments.


Are zooplankton producers?

No, they eat phytoplankton and phytoplankton are producers.


Does plankton eat phytoplankton?

yes, zooplankton eats phytoplankton


What is the similarities between zooplankton and phytoplankton?

depend on sunlght, occurs within the photic zone


Does zooplankton eat phytoplankton?

AnswerNo its the other way around, Plankton is made of Phytoplankton which are plants. Plants make their own food using sunlight and the process of photosynthesis. You then get small creatures and larvae of other animals that feed on the phytoplankton called zooplankton. Jellyfish are also part of the plankton and they eat fish.