Marine Biome

How does the temperature of the ocean water change as is gets deeper?

• It decreases

• It increases

• Stays the same

• It varies from day to day

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Which ocean temperature zone is the warmest?

• deep zone

• thermoclline

• surface zone

• middle layer

Water temperature:

• has no effect on the animals in a marine ecosystem

• Affects the types of organisms that can live in a marine ecosystem

• increases gradually as the water gets deeper

• increases in salinity as the water gets deeper

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

warm water with lots of sunlight; ocean floor starts to slope downward

• intertidal

• neritic

• oceanic

• benthic

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

sea floor drops sharply; contains deep water of the open ocean

• intertidal

• neritic

• oceanic

• benthic

ocean floor; deepest part that gets no sunlight

• intertidal

• neritic

• oceanic

• benthic

where the ocean meets the land; exposed to air part of the day

• intertidal

• neretic

• oceanic

• benthic

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Where a river meets the ocean.

• bog

• swamp

• estuary

• marsh

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What ocean zone is completely dark, little or no nutrients, and you would find bio luminescent fish?

• Pelagic Zone

• Intertidal Zone

• Benthic Zone

• Abyssal Zone

The measure of total salt content dissolved in water.

• Salination

• Brininess

• Iodized

• Salinity