Unit 2 Marine Zones Aug. 19th

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Abiotic can be defined as?

• An organism that is alive

• Non-living parts of an ecosystem

• Living Parts of the environment

• A new kind of Pokemon that lives with Pikachu

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Biotic can be defined as

• the living parts of an ecosystem

• non-living parts of an environment

• rocks and water

• snakes and water

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Temperature is a(n) _________factor

• Biotic

• Abiotic

• living

• cool

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Soil is an example of a(n)

• Biotic factor

• Abiotic factor

• competition

• herbivorous

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Is rain an abiotic or biotic factor?

• abiotic

• biotic

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The part of the continental shelf that is NEVER exposed at low tide is called the:

• Littoral zone

• Subtidal zone

• Intertidal zone

• Pelagic zone

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the area between the high tide and the low tide mark

• benthic zone
• intertidal zone
• pelagic zone
• abyssal zone

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Which zone supports the least amount of life?

• photic
• aphotic
• neritic
• ocean

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Which ocean zone allows plants to grow??

• midnight zone

• photic zone

• twilight zone

• intertidal zone

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organisms that live on or in the bottom

• benthos
• neuston
• littoral
• heterotrophs

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the water area between the low tide mark and the edge of the continental shelf

• nautical zone
• benthic zone
• nueston zone
• neritic zone

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the open water area beyond the continental shelf

• oceanic zone
• tidal zone
• bahyal zone
• abyssal zone

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MOST sealife lives in the:

• Photic zone

• Twilight zone

• Midnight zone

• Deep zone

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Phytoplankton are abundant in this ecosystem, because they are buoyant and float in the upper part of the water.

• Intertidal zone (high tide)

• Ocean (aphotic zone)

• Ocean (photic zone)

• Intertidal zone (low tide)

Multiple Choice

This fish pictured is an example of:

• Sessile life
• Benthic life
• Pelagic life
• Aphotic life

Multiple Choice

The intertidal zone of oceans

• surrounds continents
• is on the coastline
• has tides that rise and fall each day
• is the open ocean