Marine Biology Ocean Features & Intro to Ecology Review Quiz

the area between the high tide and the low tide mark

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

the gently sloping shallow sea bed surrounding a continent

• abyssal
• bathyal
• littoral
• continental shelf

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

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

the open water area beyond the continental shelf

• oceanic zone
• tidal zone
• bahyal zone
• abyssal zone

Which ocean zone allows plants to grow??

• midnight zone

• photic zone

• twilight zone

• intertidal zone

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

What's the depth of epipelagic zone?

• 0 - 700ft

  (0 - 200m)

• 700 - 3,300ft (200 - 1,000m)

• 3,300 - 13,100ft (1,000 - 4,000m)

• 13,100 - 19,700ft (4,000 - 6,000m)

• 19,700 - 46,100ft (6,000 - 11,000m)

What's the depth of hadopelagic zone?

• 0 - 700ft

  (0 - 200m)

• 700 - 3,300ft (200 - 1,000m)

• 3,300 - 13,100ft (1,000 - 4,000m)

• 13,100 - 19,700ft (4,000 - 6,000m)

• 19,700 - 46,100ft (6,000 - 11,000m)

What's the depth of the mesopelagic zone?

• 0 - 700ft

  (0 - 200m)

• 700 - 3,300ft (200 - 1,000m)

• 3,300 - 13,100ft (1,000 - 4,000m)

• 13,100 - 19,700ft (4,000 - 6,000m)

• 19,700 - 46,100ft (6,000 - 11,000m)

What's the depth of bathypelagic zone?

• 0 - 700ft

  (0 - 200m)

• 700 - 3,300ft (200 - 1,000m)

• 3,300 - 13,100ft (1,000 - 4,000m)

• 13,100 - 19,700ft (4,000 - 6,000m)

• 19,700 - 46,100ft (6,000 - 11,000m)