4/13 Review Benthic and Pelagic Zones quiz

Benthic water is on the bottom and pelagic water is water in the open ocean

• true

• false

This zone is above the water line but get occasional splashes of water especially during storms and hurricanes.

• littoral zone

• sublittoral

• supralittoral zone

the ocean bottom between high tide and low tide, it is the zone with 90 % of marine life

• littoral zone

• sublittoral

• supralittoral

Of the 6 benthic zones discussed in your presentations, letter B in the picture is the

• abyssal zone

• bathyal zone

• hadal zone

This zone is submerged in water and is the largest shallow part of the ocean across the continental shelf before the continental slope.

• littoral zone

• supralittoral zone

• sublittoral

Of the 6 benthic zones discussed in your presentations, letter A in the picture is the

• abyssal zone

• bathyal zone

• hadal zone

The correct order of ocean zones in the aphotic zone, from least deep to the most deep is:

• Hadal , Abyssal, Bathyal

• Abyssal, Bathyal, Hadal

• Bathyal, Abyssal, Hadal

• Bathyal, Hadal, Abyssal

Of the 6 benthic zones discussed in your presentations, letter C in the picture is the

• abyssal zone

• bathyal zone

• hadal zone

List the following pelagic zones in order from surface of the ocean to the bottom:

• hadalpelagic, abyssopelagic, bathypelagic, epipelagic, mesopelagic

• epipelagic, bathypelagic, abyssopelagic, mesopelagic, hadalpelagic

• epipelagic, mesopelagic, bathypelagic, abyssopelagic, hadalpelagic

• epipelagic, bathypelagic, mesopelagic, abyssopelagic, hadalpelagic

This ocean zone includes the water layer that the sunlight penetrates the most

• Epipelagic

• Mesopelagic

• Bathypelagic

• Hadalpelagic

• Abyssopelagic