Practice question
Question
An aquatic microscopic organism floats passively in water and has a wall formed by two overlapping, silica-containing shells. Which further conclusion is correct?
Explanation
The organism is a diatom. Diatoms are microscopic plankton whose walls form two thin, overlapping shells embedded with silica. The accumulated deposits of these indestructible walls form diatomaceous earth.
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