Plankton are marine microorganisms that live in various aquatic environments. The term “plankton” may include organisms such as protists, bacteria, as well as small plants and animals. Plankton move by drifting through water; they are also are photosynthetic organisms, meaning they absorb sunlight in order to obtain energy. According to NOAA, “Most phytoplankton are buoyant and float in the upper part of the ocean, where sunlight penetrates the water. Phytoplankton also require inorganic nutrients
The word plankton originates from the Greek word for “wandering.” Refers to the diverse group of plants and animals that spend some or all of their life cycle drifting in the water of oceans or freshwater lakes. Plankton is abundant and important within the marine environment. Most fo the Earth’s biomass, the mass of living organisms, consist of plankton adrift in the oceans. Ninety-eight percent of marine species are bottom dwelling, but the vast majority of the ocean’s biomass is planktonic
Some diatoms are benthic and live on mud, seaweed, and other surfaces. Other diatoms are wholly plankton and float in the water column. What type of adaptations do you expect each type of diatom to have? In other words, how do some diatoms stay afloat, while others stay attached to the benthos? Some of the diatoms are able to stay afloat because they have more surface area, meaning they have extended body parts that catch the water and make them sink much slower. While other types of diatoms
these surroundings that are in the most danger. In the beginning of the world, marine plankton was vital to the evolution of man. Today, it is even more important to us, being that it provides us with a great percentage of oxygen we receive. “These minute plant species manufactured so much oxygen that it rose above the surface to help form the atmosphere we have today.”(Heyerdahl) With the disappearance of the plankton through increased pollution, the obvious result will be a total deprivation of our
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Have you ever wondered if plankton are really that important to us? Before this lab, I never even thought about plankton, or how they even contribute to us. Phytoplankton are able to convert carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and oxygen used for life (through photosynthesis), and they account for about 95% of the ocean’s primary productivity, while providing about half on Earth. Phytoplankton is a primary food source to zooplankton and the rest of food web in the ocean. The marine food web is really
animals, both terrestrial and aquatic animals that we know and never know before. Plankton is the one organism that we have probably ever heard its reputation. Someone may know plankton is midget living thing in the sea and as food for animals. It was the best meal of life on the water. Moreover, its dwelling is completely place and a center of the most fishes and plantings. Although people would think the plankton is only food for sea animals but it can be useful to people for take care of various
sunlight. So plankton cannot get enough sun, when garbage gathering on the water surface. It can one of the most harmful effects on marine life, because plankton is the most common autotrophs, or producers, in the marine food web. Autotrophs are organisms that can produce their own nutrients from oxygen, carbon, and sunlight. So now plankton population in danger of rapid decrease. Partly extinction of planktons in the world ocean can change the entire food line. If there will be less planktons, that fishes
Sheldon J. Plankton, one of many antagonists in the animated series, Spongebob Squarepants, is arguably one of the greatest villains of slapstick cartoon history. Although Plankton does not pose as much of a threat in many episodes, rather, he serves as some form of laughing stock, due to his incredibly small size and constant failures in attempt to steal the krabby patty secret formula. Occasionally, however, does Plankton utilize his cunning intelligence to devise an organized plan, along with
“Often extinctions in the ocean occur at the same time as those on land. Then again, the ice age extinctions lost many big animals, but not many sea fearing ones,” Robert T. Bakker. In 1941, electronic navigation systems were developed for the military to bomb locations more precisely, ocean cameras were also designed to help the military spot enemy submarines. Remotely operated vehicles were created to help the marines and the navy in 1941. Ocean exploration helped the military defeat enemies as
Villains are selfish and care for only themselves. In the Nickelodeon cartoon Sheldon J. Plankton plays the villain that never seems to get away with it. Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz is a fictional character from the tv show Phineas and Ferb. His daily inventions are destroyed by a platypus. Zim from the animated series Invader Zim seeks to infiltrate earth. These three characters play the villains in their cartoon. Plankton is owner of the Chum Bucket. Across the street is the Krusty Krab owned by his much
Krabs. Plankton owns a restaurant right across from Mr. Krabs’ restaurant. Plankton does not get any customers so he starts to try to steal the secret formula and now there is a very large rivalry between the two restaurant owners. The fact that Plankton believes that possessing the formula will make his business a success sends out an ideological message to the kids that are watching
Ocean Acidification Water is the dominating force of life; it has etched, carved and determined the fate of humanity itself since the beginning of time. All living organisms are reliant on water; forced to migrate or adapt at a turn of events as simple as a drought. Despite pipes, wells and most other man made engineering, even humans still spend their days chasing clouds. So for once on this planet there are no arguments, no debates, as to the fact that we need water to survive. We even depend on
Climate change: it has become a touchy subject in today’s society. Some claim that it “isn’t real or isn’t happening” despite the overwhelming evidence that proves it is affecting the planet. Human activity has led to a startling increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels. For the past 650,000 years, the atmospheric level of carbon dioxide had been relatively steady, never reaching above 300 parts per million. In the past 50 or so years, the rate has skyrocketed from 315 to 400 parts per million
restaurant, and that they had an argument, and that he became so angry he quit his job and left. However, Mr. Krabs was still alive when SpongeBob left the restaurant. We learned that Plankton paid off the pineapple loan. Why would he do that and where did the money come from? The defense contends that Plankton is somehow involved in the death of
Good morning ladies and gentlemen of the jury, our names are Tiffany Ngo, Elizabeth Guzman, Danica Adorador, Diana Vasquez, Bobby Williams, Amber Perry, and Kierra Taylor, and we are the prosecutors in this case. On October 31, 2016, 9:37 A.M., Mr. Krabs was found dead in the Krusty Krab. Spongebob Squarepants walked into the Krusty Krab with the intent of killing Eugene Harold Krabs. This case is about a sponge who could not control his anger, and took unneccessary measures to get his way. The prosecution
recognizable in Greek gods from ancient mythology as well as in Mr. Krabs, King Neptune, and Plankton. Greek gods and the characters of SpongeBob, as unlikely as this may seem, are similar because each person is represented by one core characteristic. The gods Triton, Hades, Koalemos, Poseidon, and Midas would make the perfect dream team for the television show SpongeBob Squarepants, playing the roles of SpongeBob, Plankton, Patrick, King Neptune, and Mr. Krabs. Despite the childish themes, SpongeBob Squarepants
only the healthy fish are able to reproduce. Around 70% of the oxygen required by humans to survive is provided by the oceans. Plankton, microscopic aquatic organisms that float near the surface of the water, is the primary source of food for many animals in the ocean. Plankton also absorbs carbon dioxide and turns it into oxygen. Now, you may wonder, what does plankton have to do with sharks? It’s actually all linked. If sharks were wiped from the surface of Earth, the growth of the smaller species
Trash: A Floating Insect Nursery by Andrew Hitchings, the author describes how trash particles both affects and benefits the ecosystem. When trash is thrown into the ocean, it becomes tiny particles that are later digested by animals who usually eat plankton. These tiny trash particles are known as “microplastic.” The author analyzed and explained a research done by Miriam C. Goldstein and her colleagues, at the University of California in San Diego in 2012. Goldstein and her colleagues found an insect
Bikini Bottom Battle In our adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, titled Bikini Bottom Battle, the audience meets King Neptune and Salacia, the rulers of a small, underwater city called Bikini Bottom. The couple is set to marry in a gorgeous, “under the sea” themed wedding in just four days and are in the midst of choosing an acting group to perform at the reception. As they wait eagerly, they are interrupted by other couples, all of whom demonstrate the theme that love is not meant to be decided