Unit 6 Lesson 1 Ocean Zones Vocabulary

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Intertidal

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Area closest to shore that can be exposed during low tide (zone based on distance from shore)

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Subtidal (Littoral Zone)

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The area of the continental shelf that remains underwater (below low tide) (zone based on distance from shore)

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Neritic

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Area from shoreline to edge of continental shelf (zone based on distance from shore)

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Oceanic

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Area past the continental shelf (zone based on distance from shore)

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Benthic

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Ocean bottom at all depths (zone based on sea floor depth)

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Pelagic

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Any part of the ocean (includes neritic and oceanic zones)

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Epipelagic

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Top layer of the pelagic zone, also called the sunlight zone (subdivision of pelagic).

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Mesopelagic

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Zone just below the epipelagic, receives very little light, also called the twilight zone (subdivision of pelagic).

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Bathypelagic

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Zone between mesopelagic and abyssopelagic, no light, also called the midnight zone (subdivision of pelagic).

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Abyssopelagic

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Deep ocean zone, very low temperature and high pressure (subdivision of pelagic).