[10-9-2022] Microsoft Rewards Bing Homepage Quiz Question: Phytoplankton are plants. What’s the name for plankton that are tiny animals?
The given options are:
- Metoplankton
- Carnivoplankton
- Zooplankton
Correct Answer: Zooplankton
Fact: Zooplankton are the animal component of the planktonic community. Zooplankton are tiny creatures found near the ocean’s surface with their phytoplankton buddies. Both types of plankton drift along wherever the currents may take them. Zooplankton are heterotrophic (other-feeding), whereas phytoplankton are autotrophic (self-feeding). Zooplankton are generally larger than phytoplankton.
All three questions from today’s Bing Homepage Quiz are below. You can find their answers by visiting these pages.
- Phytoplankton are putting on a colorful show in the Chukchi Sea. Where is that?
- Phytoplankton live near the ocean’s surface so they can…
- Phytoplankton are plants. What’s the name for plankton that are tiny animals?
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