Ocean Zones

the production of light by means of a chemical reaction in an organism

• photosynthesis

• deep zone

• bioluminescence

• surface zone

Portion of the shoreline that lies between the high and low tide lines

• open ocean

• deep zone

• intertidal zone

• aphotic zone

Portion of the marine biome that is shallow enough for sunlight to penetrate.

• open ocean

• aphotic zone

• photic zone

• deep zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Lanternfish, hatchet fish, and wolf eel live in this zone.  Name the zone.

• Sunlight Zone

• Twilight Zone

• Midnight Zone

• Edward vs Jacob Zone

As oceans become deeper, the water pressure ___________________.

• increases

• decreases

• stays the same

• disappears

Which zone is completely dark and near freezing in temperature?

• sunlight

• twilight

• midnight

• in the air

Sunlight allows ________________ to occur in the sunlight zone.

• bioluminesence
• transpiration
• photosynthesis
• voting

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

The midnight zone is also called the ________ zone.

• bathypelagic

• epipelagic

• mesopelagic

• abyssopelagic

Match the following scientific name with its correct common name..

• The Abyss

• epipelagic zone

• The Twilight Zone

• mesopelagic zone

• The Midnight Zone

• hadopelagic zone

• Trenches

• bathypelagic zone

• The Sunlight Zone

• abyssopelagic zone

What is the deepest zone of the ocean called? It has the Mariana Trench.

• sunlight

• twilight

• abyssopelgaic

• hadalpelagic