Ocean Zones

Take a look at the following fish. Where would this animal most likely be found?

• Epipelagic zone

• Mesopelagic zone

• Bathypelagic zone

• Abyssopelagic zone

• Hadalpelagic zone

What Zone is also known as Hadalpelagic Zone?

• Sunlight Zone

• The Trenches

• The Midnight

The Bathypelagic Zone is also known as the _____ Zone.

• Sunlight

• Midnight

• The Trenches

The correct order of ocean zones in the aphotic zone, is:

• Aphotic, Abyssal, Bathyal

• Abyssal, Photic, Hadal

• Bathyal, Abyssal, Hadal

• Bathyla, Hadal, Abyssal

Can you guess the name of the mysterious layer of the oceans that is permanently dark and lies below the photic zone?

• Is it the aphotic zone?

• Or maybe the photic zone?

• Could it be the surface zone?

• Or is it the intertidal zone?

Imagine you're a curious explorer, standing on a beach. Can you tell which zone lies between the high tide and the low tide mark?

• benthic zone

• intertidal zone

• pelagic zone

• abyssal zone

Imagine you're a tiny fish in the vast ocean. Where would you be swimming and floating around because this area includes the largest life zone in the ocean?

• Pelagic Zone

• Benthic Zone

• Neritic Zone

• Oceanic Zone

Using the picture, match the zone with its characteristic.

• Where you stand waist deep in the water

• Neritic Zone

• Another name for the ocean floor

• Oceanic Zone

• Another name for the open ocean

• Supratidal Zone

• Where you go out on a boat

• Benthic Zone

• Where you put your beach chair

• Continental Shelf

Imagine you're a deep-sea explorer! Can you identify the open water area beyond the continental shelf?

• oceanic zone

• tidal zone

• bahyal zone

• abyssal zone

Which ocean zone is known for having the most sunlight and supports the majority of marine life?

• Epipelagic Zone

• Mesopelagic Zone

• Bathypelagic Zone

• Abyssopelagic Zone

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