8.E.1.2

Which best describes the water found in estuaries?

• salt water
• brackish
• freshwater

Benthic organisms live where

• At a shallow depth

• Along ocean ridges

• On the ocean floor

• In the neritic zone

the area of the shore and seabed that is exposed to the air at low tide and submerged at high tide, i.e. the area between tide marks

• neritic zone
• intertidal zone
• photic zone
• upwelling

Much of Earths weather is driven by _______ stored in the ocean.

• Salt

• Water

• Heat

• Fish

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The most abundant plants in the ocean are

• Zooplankton

• Phytoplankton

• Algae

• None of these

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

All life in the ocean rely on sunlight for energy

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

In which oceanic zone would you expect to find crabs and clams?

• Intertidal

• Oceanic

• Twilight

• Open Ocean

In which oceanic zone do clams and crabs survive by burrowing in the sand?

• oceanic

• intertidal

• deep ocean

• open ocean

In which ocean zone is ocean temperature most affected by the weather?

• deep zone

• polar zone

• surface zone

• transition zone

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6