David Kingsley uses the example of plankton and how it does so much to the world in so many different ways. These ways include feeding animals lower in the food chain and convert carbon into oxygen and more. This relies to what was said in the text "whole is greater than the parts". By breaking down this saying, I believe that the author is trying to say that we as humans believe we are superior to the plants etc as we do what we want but without these little things we wouldn't even by able to live or breath meaning we need to stop acting like were superior to it and treat these necessary…