Alice Marine Science A Level

Organisms in ____ must be able to avoid being swept away, crushed by waves, or being left high and dry at low tides, and must survive daily or seasonal salinity and temperature changes.

• estuaries

• coastal wetlands

• bathyal zone

• intertidal zone

• coral reefs

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The deepest part of the ocean is the ____.

• abyssal zone

• euphotic zone

• estuary zone

• bathyal zone

• benthic zone

Most photosynthesis in the open ocean occurs in the ____.

• abyssal zone

• euphotic zone

• estuary zone

• bathyal zone

• benthic zone

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

The dimly lit zone in which zooplankton and smaller fishes predominate is the ____.

• abyssal zone

• euphotic zone

• estuary zone

• bathyal zone

• benthic zone

In certain areas of the open sea, winds, ocean currents, and other factors cause water to come up from the depths to the surface, bringing nutrient from the ocean bottom. This process is called a(n) ____.

• downdraft

• updraft

• El Niño

• La Niña

• upwelling

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The ocean zone that covers the continental shelf is the ____.

• bathyal zone

• coastal zone

• littoral zone

• benthic zone

• abyssal zone

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

In large lakes, there are four distinct zones. Which of the following is not one of those zones?

• benthic

• littoral

• bathyal

• limnetic

• profundal

The open, sunlit surface area away from the shore is in which zone?

• benthic

• littoral

• bathyal

• limnetic

• profundal

In lakes, the nutrient-rich water near the shore is part of the ____.

• limnetic zone

• benthic zone

• littoral zone

• profundal zone

• abyssal zone

Fish adapted to cool, dark waters in lakes are found in the ____.

• limnetic zone

• benthic zone

• littoral zone

• profundal zone

• abyssal zone

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4