Pelagic Zone

• D is the Supratidal Zone

• D is the Benthic Zone

• D is the Neritic Zone

• D is the Pelagic Zone

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Where is most life in the ocean found?

• In aphotic zones that receive little/no sunlight

• In photic zones that receive sunlight

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Upwelling provides _________ for many sea organisms.

• Water

• Nutrients

• Air

• Heat

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The lateral line system enables a fish to

• detect vibrations in the water.

• see objects at a distance.

• smell.

• swim rapidly.

List the following pelagic zones in order from surface of the ocean to the bottom: 

• abyssopelagic,  bathypelagic,  epipelagic ,mesopelagic

• epipelagic, bathypelagic, abyssopelagic,  bathypelagic

• epipelagic, mesopelagic, bathypelagic, abyssopelagic

• mesopelagic,  epipelagic,     bathypelagic,    abyssopelagic

The word "pelagic" is at the ending of the zones we are studying. What does "pelagic" mean? 

• relating to a type of dolphin

• it means blue 

• relating to a type of turtle

• relating to the open sea

Does the salinity level increase or decrease as you move from the surface of the ocean to the bottom of the ocean?

• it stays the same

• it decreases

• it increases

Two major divisions or regions in the marine biome are the ______________ (water) and ______________ (bottom).

• Pelagic and Benthic

• Pelagic and Oceanic

• Intertidal and Benthic

• Oceanic and Benthic

This fish pictured is an example of:

• Sessile life

• Benthic life

• Pelagic life

• Aphotic life

Which statement about the Epipelagic Zone (E) is true?

• Commercial fishing takes place there

• It is considered the ocean floor

• It receives the least sunlight

• It receives the most sunlight

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3