MM Marine Environments

Organisms that live on the seafloor inhabit which zone?

• Neritic

• Benthic

• Intertidal

• Epipelagic

Light penetrates the ocean in the photic zone down to __________

• 200 Meters

• 1000 Meters

• 3500 Meters

• To the bottom

The region of the ocean where many people go "deep-sea fishing" that is above the continental shelf is called:

• Aphotic Zone

• Neritic Zone

• Pelagic Zone

• Benthic Zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which zone is permanently under water in a sandy beach environment?

• Intertidal Zone

• Subtidal Zone

• Supratidal Zone

• Phantom Zone

Which ecosystem is this? : This is the largest marine ecosystem, and covers most of Earth's surface area; it includes all marine environments that are far from shore and that are still close enough to the surface to receive sunlight

• Deep sea

• Open ocean

• Intertidal zone

• Coral reefs

Which ecosystem is this? : These ecosystems are the areas of shorelines that are left uncovered during low tide but which are underwater during high tide; they are usually rocky, but in tropical areas they may be sandy; organisms that live here need to adapt to the waves, the sun, and both marine and land predators

• Deep sea

• Open ocean

• Intertidal zone

• Coral reefs

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

the gently sloping accumulation of deposits from turbidity currents that form the base of the continental slope. It can be several kilometers thick.

• continental rise

• continental shelf

• abyssal plain

submerged basaltic volcanoes more than 1 km high.

• seamount

• hydrothermal vent

• continental rise

a large extinct basaltic volcano with a flat submerged top.

• guyot

• seamount

• continental rise

This occurs along boundaries where plates are spreading apart. At divergent boundaries.

• mid ocean ridges

• deep sea trench

• abyssal plain