Ocean Life

Life in the Ocean

​Dividing Marine Organisms into Groups based on how they move and where they live

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Do you believe life in the Ocean is more diverse than that on land?

• True

• False

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Animals found on land are called...

• Marine

• Terrestrial

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Animals found in the ocean are...

• Marine

• Terrestrial

• Fish

Life in the Ocean

• Living things found in the oceans are called Marine organisms

• Land animals are terrestrial

• Scientists classify marine organisms according to where they live and how they move.

Multiple Choice

Animals found on land are called...

• Marine

• Terrestrial

Multiple Choice

Animals found in the ocean are...

• Marine

• Terrestrial

• Fish

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Why does most of the ocean life live in or at least visit the ocean surface?

• that is where the majority of the oxygen and sunlight occurs

• that is where chemo-synthesis occurs and therefore more life

• the water pressure is higher there and is more enjoyable

• the temperatures are colder and most animals need cooler temperatures

• Organisms that Float/Drift or are poor swimmers

• Move with the current/ tides

• Many are microscopic but not all

• They are found near the surface, photic zone

​Producers- make their own food

​Consumers- eat other things

Multiple Choice

Animal members of the plankton community.

• Phytoplankton

• Meroplankton

• Holoplankton

• Zooplankton

Multiple Choice

What type of marine life is free-swimming in the open ocean?

• nekton

• plankton

• krypton

• benthos

Multiple Choice

A whale can be described as

• Plankton

• Pelagic

• Benthos

• Nekton

Multiple Choice

Which lives at the top of the ocean, or as far down as the sun can penetrate?

• Nekton

• Plankton

• Benthos

Multiple Choice

This classification dwells on the ocean floor

• Benthos

• Nektons

• Phytoplankton

• Zooplankton

Multiple Choice

Microscopic marine organisms capable of carrying out the process of photosynthesis

• Phytoplanktons

• Zooplanktons

• Benthos

• Nektons

Multiple Choice

Microscopic marine organisms that are not capable of producing their own food

• Phytoplanktons

• Zooplanktons

• Benthos

• Nektons

Multiple Choice

What group does the organism in the picture belong to ?

• Planktons

• Nektons

• Benthos

Multiple Choice

What group does the organism in the picture belong to ?

• Plankton

• Nekton

• Benthos

Multiple Choice

What group does the organism in the picture belong to ?

• Plankton

• Nekton

• Benthos