To attract a mate
Just for fun
To scare away predators
To see in the dark
zooplankton
prokaryotes
the ocean
algae
Thousands of cells
Millions of cells
Hundreds of cells
A few dozen cells
it kills large predators like sharks.
it makes the water saltier.
it makes the water more acidic.
Zooplankton are tiny animals.
phytoplankton
eukaryotes
aquatic (water-living)
plants
microscopic
drifting or wandering
All plankton are microscopic (too small to see without a microscope).