[DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about BIOLOGY - StudyStack [PAR] THE NAME OF THESE TINY ORGANISMS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEANIC 
FOOD CHAIN COMES FROM THE GREEK FOR "WANDERING", PLANKTON. [DOC] [TLE] High School Earth Science/Ocean Life - Wikibooks, open books for ... [PAR] Some of these organisms breathe air from the atmosphere, while others can 
extract ... The most abundant life forms in the ocean are plankton; most are so 
small that ... which comes from the Greek for wanderer, describes how these 
organisms live. ... Phytoplankton produce all the food at the bottom of the ocean 
food chain,... [DOC] [TLE] Plankton - Facts for Now - Scholastic [PAR] This drifting mass of organisms is called plankton. Plankton is the cornerstone of 
the ocean's food chain and the major supplier of the Earth's oxygen. Plankton is 
... In fact, the term "plankton" comes from a Greek word for "wandering" or "drifting
." Although a ... These small algae, especially diatoms, exist in huge numbers. [DOC] [TLE] Phytoplankton | Center for Coastal Studies [PAR] Plankton are any organisms, plant or animal, that float, as opposed to swim, in 
the water. The word plankton comes from the Greek word, planktos, meaning 
wandering or ... Little bristles extend out from the top and bottom of the cell, 
circling the ... are other examples of chain-forming diatoms commonly found in 
these waters. [DOC] [TLE] Plankton - sea, oceans, important, plants, source, marine, oxygen [PAR] The free-floating organisms known as plankton, from the Greek "wandering," are 
the ... Although most of these organisms are motile (moving), they cannot swim or 
... dinoflagellates, and small zooplankton, such as ciliates; Macroplankton: 200 to 
... oceans, lakes, rivers, and estuaries, and comprise the base of the food web . [DOC] [TLE] Helpful Hints Ace on the Case Secrets @Sea Click on the bubbles ... [PAR] Ocean Food Web. 2. Whale Map. 3. ... large military submersibles to small one- ... 
These gyres generally move. Child ... Sea pens are colonial animals made up of 
... called killer whales by whalers who .... The word plankton comes from the 
Greek. planktos which means "wandering". .... builds up at the base of the 
continental. [DOC] [TLE] Plankton | ASU - Ask A Biologist [PAR] Food web: the connections between all the organisms that eat and are eaten by 
... this name, it helps to know your Greek and something about how these tiny life 
forms travel. ... the sun, phytoplankton can only live in the upper parts of a lake or 
the ocean. ... Like all life on earth, plankton come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. [DOC] [TLE] The Great Plankton Race - Marine Discovery at the University of ... [PAR] The word plankton is from the Greek word for "wandering" (MARE: Marine ... that 
eat other plankton are called zooplankton, and are made up of tiny animals and 
... of animals which spend their adult lives on the bottom or free swimming (MARE
, 1995). ... Marine phytoplankton are the first link in the large marine food chain. [DOC] [TLE] phytoplankton of LIS - Connecticut Sea Grant - University of ... [PAR] Plankton, which comes from the Greek word for drifting or wandering, is a 
blanket term for organisms that are ... seen when they form colonies or masses 
called blooms and the pigments ... These exceptions include a small number of 
phytoplankton that are ... Phytoplankton form the base of most ocean food chains. [DOC] [TLE] What does this all mean for the fish that I want to eat?  West Coast ... [PAR] May 16, 2016 ... Example subarctic ocean food web, demonstrating the key plankton links at the ... 
links at the bottom and the many connections among organisms. ... 'zooplankton' [
yep, you guessed it  Greek for wandering animals]. ... These fatty copepods are 
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Question: The name of these tiny organisms at the bottom of the oceanic food chain comes from the Greek for "wandering"
Answer: plankton