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  • Plankton Rainbow exhibit
  • Plankton Rainbow exhibit
  • Plankton Rainbow exhibit
  • Plankton Rainbow exhibit
  • Plankton Rainbow exhibit
  • Plankton Rainbow exhibit

Plankton Rainbow

Plankton can distinguish between different colors of light.

Where:   Gallery 4: Living Systems
Exhibit Developer:   Denise King, 2013
Phenomena: Phototaxis
Keywords: plankton

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