What does the word plankton mean?
What are the "plant-like" plankton called?
What are the "animal-like" plankton called?
What are the most numerous of the "animal-like" plankton? How large are they?
What is the largest zooplankton mentioned and how large can it get?
What feeds on zooplankton? Name at least 4 organisms, including 3 benthic organisms
What two conditions do phytoplankton need in order to thrive?
What are the two basic sources of nutrients for phytoplankton?
Why does the bloom of phytoplankton in the North Atlantic take place in the spring?
Why does the phytoplankton bloom fade in the summer?
What is "marine snow"?
How do satellites track the phytoplankton bloom in the ocean?
Why are there so few nutrients in tropical surface waters?
How much of the Earth's oxygen do phytoplankton produce?