If you've ever gone swimming in the ocean, then you've probably tried to avoid getting tangled in seaweed. Seaweed isn't a weed or even a plant—it's algae. Some types of seaweed are believed to be the ancestors of all land plants.

Algae can be found in places other than the ocean—in freshwater ponds, on rocks, on trees, and even in snow. Have you ever seen a green coating on a pond or a lake in the summer? That's algae too. Algae provide the bulk of the earth's oxygen supply through photosynthesis.

Algae are not always beneficial. Every year the Florida coast gets hit by red tide, a phen

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If you've ever gone swimming in the ocean, then you've probably tried to avoid getting tangled in seaweed. Seaweed isn't a weed or even a plant—it's algae. Some types of seaweed are believed to be the ancestors of all land plants.

Algae can be found in places other than the ocean—in freshwater ponds, on rocks, on trees, and even in snow. Have you ever seen a green coating on a pond or a lake in the summer? That's algae too. Algae provide the bulk of the earth's oxygen supply through photosynthesis.

Algae are not always beneficial. Every year the Florida coast gets hit by red tide, a phen

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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Section: Schizophora
Family: Muscidae
Genus: Musca
Species: M. domestica