Touring the Ocean Zones

Which of the following can be found along oceanic crust?

• mid ocean ridge

• hot-spot volcano

• both

Where can oceanic crust be found?

• under the water in the ocean

• under the land near the ocean

The water over the continental shelf is part of the ______ zone that you learned about before.

• neritic

• oceanic

As depth increase sunlight will ____________.

• increase

• decrease

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Which type of oceanographer studies the zones and their characteristics?

• physical oceanographer

• biological oceanographer

Why do most organisms live in this epipelagic zone?

• there is sunlight for photosynthesis to occur at the base of the food chain

• the sunlight helps to give all the organisms energy

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the major difference between the mesopelagic and bathypelagic zone?

• There are more organisms that live in the bathypelagic zone.

• There is a very small about of light the shines at the top of the mesopelagic zone.

Which zone has a consistent temperature that does not fluctuate or change much?

• mesopelagic

• abyssopelagic

• epipelgaic

The hadopelagic zone can be found below the abysso plains in all the oceans of the world

• True

• False

Organisms that live deep in the abyssopelagic and hadopelagic zone must deal with

• large amounts of pressure

• too much sunlight

• not enough cool water