{"id":1928,"date":"2020-03-30T18:34:13","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T17:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/?page_id=1928"},"modified":"2025-10-06T21:27:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T21:27:22","slug":"what-are-plankton","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/?page_id=1928","title":{"rendered":"What are plankton?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:15px;background-color:#21212159\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/plankton1200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"[aggregator] downloaded image for imported item #1928\" style=\"border-radius:15px;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/plankton1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/plankton1200-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/plankton1200-1024x473.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/plankton1200-768x355.jpg 768w, https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/plankton1200-18x8.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: min(min(calc(100% - var(--wp--preset--spacing--xl,4rem)), 720px), 1200px)) 100vw, min(min(calc(100% - var(--wp--preset--spacing--xl,4rem)), 720px), 1200px)\" title=\"What are plankton?\"><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"desc-text\">The word \u201cplankton\u201d comes from the Greek for \u201cdrifter\u201d or \u201cwanderer.\u201d An organism is considered plankton if it is carried by tides and currents, and cannot swim well enough to move against these forces. Some plankton drift this way for their entire life cycle. Others are only classified as plankton when they are young, but they eventually grow large enough to swim against the currents. Plankton are usually microscopic, often less than one inch in length, but they also include larger species like some crustaceans and jellyfish.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link desc-text\" href=\"https:\/\/oceanservice.noaa.gov\/facts\/plankton.html\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>This  was originally published on https:\/\/oceanservice.noaa.gov\/facts\/plankton.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 The word \u201cplankton\u201d comes from the Greek for \u201cdrifter\u201d or \u201cwanderer.\u201d An organism is considered plankton if it is carried by tides and currents, and cannot swim well enough to move against these forces. Some plankton drift this way for their entire life cycle. Others are only classified as plankton when they are young, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1929,"parent":280,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1928","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1928"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2017,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1928\/revisions\/2017"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/280"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}