Question

How do diatoms and algae obtain their food?

Answer 1

Diatoms

Step-by-step explanation:

They obtain food by absorbing nutrients from ocean water. Unlike many other types of phytoplankton and marine organisms, diatoms don’t have body parts that allow them to swim. They obtain food by absorbing nutrients from ocean water, which is a very competitive process. Diatoms are relatively large and at a disadvantage for food absorption due to their bodies’ reduced surface areas.

Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

I don't know how diatoms obtain their food, but I do know how algae obtains it. Algae is a plant, that green stuff you find growing on rocks in creeks and lake shores. Plants turn sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide into sugars, which it uses for food. Most plants also obtain nutrients from soil and water using their roots, but algae doesn't have roots so it only gets food through the process I explained above, photosynthesis. I hope this has been helpful.