Ocean Zones and Habitats

Which ocean zone allows plants to grow??

• midnight zone

• photic zone

• twilight zone

• intertidal zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

the area between the high tide and the low tide mark

• benthic zone
• intertidal zone
• pelagic zone
• abyssal zone

organisms that live on or in the bottom

• benthos
• neuston
• littoral
• heterotrophs

the water area between the low tide mark and the edge of the continental shelf

• nautical zone
• benthic zone
• nueston zone
• neritic zone

MOST sealife lives in the:

• Photic zone

• Twilight zone

• Midnight zone

• Deep zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which zone supports the least amount of life?

• photic
• aphotic
• neritic
• ocean

The aphotic zone is

• the ocean's dark lower layer where photosynthesis cannot occur
• the sunlit upper layer of the ocean where photosynthesis occurs
• on the bottom of lakes, streams, and oceans.
• where benthos are found

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

As oceans become deeper, the water pressure ___________________.

• increases
• decreases
• stays the same

This fish pictured is an example of:

• Sessile life
• Benthic life
• Pelagic life
• Aphotic life

This fish pictured is an example of:

• Sessile life
• Benthic life
• Pelagic life
• Aphotic life