Ocean Plants and Animals

Sunlight illuminates only the?

• Pelagic Zone

• Upper layers of the ocean

• Continental shelf

• Tidal Zone

Marine life plays an important part in the?

• Carbon cycle

• Feeding humans

• Both of the above

• None of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Most marine life is found in?

• Coastal habitats

• Open ocean

• Sea bottom

• Coral reefs

The pelagic zone is also known as?

• Coastal area

• Open water

• Deep water

• Tidal zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Is coral a plant or an animal?

• Plant

• Animal

• Neither

• Both

The Great Barrier Reef is located near?

• Australia

• South America

• Asia

• Africa

The ocean covers about what percent of the earth?

• 40%

• 50%

• 70%

• 65%

Seaweed, kelp, and mangroves are all?

• Microscopic organisms

• Plants in the ocean

• Ocean animals that look like plants

• None of the above

Microscopic organisms that inhabit the upper sunlit layer of almost all oceans is called?

• Fungi

• Photosynthesis

• Phytoplankton

• Crustaceans

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Abalone, anemones, sea stars, and sea cucumbers all live in the?

• Deep water zone

• Low tide zone

• Intertidal zone

• Tidal zone