Marine biology - 12.2 + 12.3 Test

Organisms that live on the bottom

• Benthic

• Pelagic

• Intertidal

• Subtidal

Open water

• Benthic

• Pelagic

• Intertidal

• Subtidal

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

The area between the highest and lowest tide

• Benthic

• Pelagic

• Intertidal

• Subtidal

The bottom above the continental shelf

• Benthic

• Pelagic

• Intertidal

• Subtidal

The bottom between the shelf break and roughly 4,000m

• Bathyal

• Abyssal

• Hadal

• Neritic

The bottom of the ocean from a depth of 4000-6000m

• Bathyal zone

• Abyssal zone

• Hadal

• Neritic

The bottom of the ocean deeper than 6000m

• Bathyal zone

• Abyssal zone

• Hadal

• Neritic

The pelagic environment above the continental shelf

• Bathyal zone

• Abyssal zone

• Hadal zone

• Neritic zone

The pelagic environment beyond the shelf break

• Oceanic

• Epipelagic

• Mesopelagic

• bathypelagic

The pelagic environment from the surface to a depth of 100-200m

• Oceanic

• Epipelagic

• Mesopelagic

• bathypelagic