Transcription: This is underwater video of a kelp forest. Kelp is a form of algae and as you learned in your book, algae belong in kingdom protista. They look like plants and they even do photosynthesis like plants. However, they are not plants because they lack the roots, stems and leaves which are characteristics of plants. The kelp you're seeing in this video is called giant kelp and it can grow in excess of a hundred feet tall underwater. When these giant kelp grow together together in a forest. They support an amazing amount of underwater life. Snails, sea urchins and many other forms of life graze on t ...
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