Ocean Life Vocab

an animal that lives and breathes in water

• fish

• mammal

• reptile

• invertebrate

A warm blooded animal that gives birth to their babies. They cannot breathe under water.

• fish

• mammal

• reptile

• Invertebrate

An animal that does not have a backbone

• fish

• reptile

• mammal

• invertebrate

A cold blooded animal that lays eggs

• fish

• mammal

• invertebrate

• reptile

The upper layer of the ocean

• sunlit zone

• twilight zone

• midnight zone

• marine biologist

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

the middle zone of the ocean, found between lighter and darker areas

• sunlit zone

• twilight zone

• midnight zone

• marine biologist

The bottom layer of the ocean and the single largest habitat on the planet

• sunlit zone

• midnight zone

• twilight zone

• marine biologist

A person who studies ocean life

• marine biologist

• twilight zone

• midnight zone

• sunlit zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The ocean that separates Europe and Africa from North and South America

• Atlantic

• Pacific

• Indian

• Arctic

The largest of Earth's oceans

• atlantic

• pacific

• arctic

• indian