Marine Life

Pythoplankton inhabit

• the bottom of the ocean

• the middle of the ocean

• the surface of the ocean

• the beginning of the ocean

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Free swimmers

• Plankton

• Nekton

• Benthos

Bottom Dwellers

• Plankton

• Nekton

• Benthos

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

True or False: Temperature does NOT affect the animals that live in marine ecosystems.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The deepest parts of the benthic zone do not get any _________.

• sunlight

• food

• fish

• chemicals

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

the area between the high tide and the low tide mark

• benthic zone

• intertidal zone

• pelagic zone

• abyssal zone

the entire water portion of the ocean

• pelagic zone

• neritic zone

• oceanic zone

• benthic zon

Surface layer of the ocean that receives sunlight. The uppermost 80 m (260 feet) or more of the ocean.

• Aphotic Zone

• Photic Zone

• Pelagic Zone

• Luminous Zone

The portion of a lake or ocean where there is little or no sunlight. It is formally defined as the depths beyond which less than 1% of sunlight penetrates

• Photic Zone

• Benthic Zone

• Abyssal Zone

• Aphotic Zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

The single most important factor that determines the distribution of life in the oceanic province is ________.

• diffusion

• sunlight

• pressure

• temperature

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1