Ocean Zones

Which Zone is from 0-200 meter below sea level?

• Twilight Zone

• Sunlight Zone

• Midnight Zone

90% of the ocean belongs in this ocean layer.  What is it?

• sunlight
• twilight
• midnight

In what zone does approximately 90% of all ocean life live?

• sunlight
• twilight
• midnight

Sunlight allows ________________ to occur in the sunlight zone.

• bioluminesence
• transpiration
• photosynthesis
• voting

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

the area between the high tide and the low tide mark

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

organisms that live on or in the bottom

• benthos
• neuston
• littoral
• heterotrophs

shore bottom that is splashed by water but not submerged

• bathyal zone
• continental shelf
• supralittoral zone
• tidal zone

benthic animals that live buried or partially buried in the sea floor

• infauna
• epifauna
• inflora
• epiflora

benthic animals that live on the sea floor

• infauna
• epifauna
• inflora
• epiflora

the ocean bottom between the high tide and low tide mark that is sometimes submerged

• littoral zone
• pelagic zone
• neritic zone
• benthic zone