Ocean Zones - Shore to Floor

The two different states of the Intertidal Zone include:

• Low tide and the splash zone

• Low tide and medium tide

• Low tide and high tide

• High tide and the splash zone

Species living in the Intertidal Zone must be able to survive which changes?

• Moisture

• Temperature

• Salinity

• All of the above

Ecosystem found on marine shorelines alternating between high and low tide

• Abyssal Zone

• Coral Reef

• Intertidal Zone

• Open Ocean

Some animals hide under plants or burrow into the sand to avoid too much exposure to sun. This is a challenge related to _____.

• moisture

• salinity

• temperature

• wave action

Barnacles can seal themselves from the outside world to keep themselves moist. This is a challenge related to _____.

• moisture

• salinity

• predators

• wave action

Seaweed have leaves that tough, preventing them from being torn by the waves. This is a challenge related to _____.

• salinity

• wave action

• temperature

• predators

The "clam up" strategy can be used by an organism to do what?

• keep water/moisture inside of their bodies

• maintain body temperature

• cool off their bodies

• access more food sources

What are filter feeders?

• A large pile of living organisms and the animals that live among them.

• An organism that attaches onto another organism and feeds off of it.

• Animals that feed by removing tiny bits of food from the water.

• Animals that use sunlight to obtain nutrients.

What is the biggest ecological benefit of coral reefs?

• tourism
• seafood
• habitat
• protection of shoreline

What are corals?

• living organisms

• non-living structures

• abiotic

• terrestrial