Why is the sky blue? Why is the grass green? So many questions

ponder through each individual's head. The main question of the experiment

performed is "Why are plankton so small"" As a group, the main concept that

was explored was how the Nutrient Feeding of Phytoplankton leads to its

size. The Independent Variable of the experiment was the Surface Area to

Volume Ratio, the Dependent Variable was the Percent Fed, the Control was

the Untreated Plankton, and the hypothesis proposed acknowledged that if

the Surface Area to Volume Ratio is large, then it will be 100 percent fed.

What is plankton? According to the handout "Plankton," "the word

plankton means 'that which is made to wander.'" It is the primary producer

in the ocean and can be found in the form of an animal, known as

zooplankton, and in the form of a plant, known as...