Ocean Zones Exploration Quiz

Which ocean zone is also known as the sunlight zone?

• Epipelagic Zone

• Mesopelagic Zone

• Abyssopelagic Zone

• Hadopelagic Zone

What is the depth range of the mesopelagic zone?

• 4,000 to 6,000 meters

• 1,000 to 4,000 meters

• 200 to 1,000 meters

• 0 to 200 meters

What is the transition layer where water temperature drops quickly called?

• Thermocline

• Salinity

• Halocline

• Upwelling

What is the phenomenon where animals produce light called?

• Bioluminescence

• Photosynthesis

• Phototropism

• Fluorescence

In which zone do organisms use bioluminescence for counter-illumination?

• Abyssopelagic Zone

• Hadopelagic Zone

• Mesopelagic Zone

• Epipelagic Zone

Which zone is referred to as the desert of the ocean?

• Epipelagic Zone

• Abyssopelagic Zone

• Mesopelagic Zone

• Bathypelagic Zone

Where does diel vertical migration occur?

• Mesopelagic Zone

• Hadopelagic Zone

• Abyssopelagic Zone

• Epipelagic Zone

Which ocean zone supports photosynthesis?

• Hadopelagic Zone

• Mesopelagic Zone

• Epipelagic Zone

• Abyssopelagic Zone

Which zone is home to many blind organisms?

• Bathypelagic Zone

• Abyssopelagic Zone

• Mesopelagic Zone

• Epipelagic Zone

What is the depth range of the hadopelagic zone?

• 0 to 200 meters

• 200 to 1,000 meters

• 6,000 to 11,000 meters

• 4,000 to 6,000 meters