Question

6. The foraminifera are quite interesting, but they are very different in each sand! Why do you think the forams are so different? Hint: Locate Guam and Ireland on a world map

Answer 1

Answer:

These are deep sea creatures and have different evolutionary phases

Explanation:

• Foraminifera is a name given to the hole beares called forams, they are a member of a phylum or class of protists, characterized by angular ectoplasm for catching their food, since they were discovered in 1854, they have been over 50,000 species and is less than 1 mm in size.

• Bering a marine organism they are commonly found in brackish,  freshwaters and even terrestrial areas. Most of them are unicellular and range from algae to nutrient-poor oceanic waters most of them have a concentration of calcium carbonate.

• Evolving in seafloor is diverse and abundant also used by the oil industries which heavily depends on microfossils. Width ranges from 5.5 to 4.4 mm.