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MARINE LIFE

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of this sea creature?

a)

octopus

b)

crab

c)

dolphin

d)

blowfish

2.

What is the name of this sea creature?

a)

clownfish

b)

prawn

c)

cuttlefish

d)

sea urchin

3.

What is the name of this sea creature?

a)

manatee

b)

sailfish

c)

whale

d)

crab

4.

What is the name of this sea creature?

a)

manatee

b)

cuttlefish

c)

dolphin

d)

eel

5.

Which of these pictures is called 'eel'?

a)
b)
c)
d)
6.

Which of these pictures is called 'octopus'?

a)
b)
c)
d)
7.
a)

D is the Supratidal Zone

b)

D is the Benthic Zone

c)

D is the Neritic Zone

d)

D is the Pelagic Zone

8.
a)

L is the Pelagic Zone

b)

L is the Benthic Zone

c)

L is the Supratidal Zone

d)

L is the Oceanic Zone

9.
a)

E is the Oceanic Zone

b)

E is the Pelagic Zone

c)

E is the Subtidal Zone

d)

E is the Abyssal Pelagic Zone

10.

Animals such as seahorses, clownfish, and sea turtles all live on coral reefs. And the corals are animals too!

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Animal and plant life found in the ocean can be affected by three MAIN factors. Which are them?

a)

Sunlight, temperature and pressure.

b)

Ocean currents, Chemical Levels, Pollution and Bioaccumulation.

12.

We can divide the ocean in three layers, according to the amount of sunlight they receive. Which layer goes down to around 90 meters and receives most of the sunlight?

a)

The first layer or surface layer.

b)

The second layer.

c)

The third layer.

13.

Which are the two horizontal zones in the ocean?

a)

vertical zones

b)

neritic zone

c)

intertidal zone

d)

open-ocean zone

14.
As oceans become deeper, the water pressure ___________________.
a)
increases
b)
decreases
c)
stays the same
15.

Humans can only explore the deep ocean zone with the help of ________________.

a)

scuba gear

b)

the federal government

c)

submersible vehicles

d)

magic

16.
Animals that can use their bodies to make light are called _______________.
a)
magic
b)
shiny
c)
amazing
d)
bioluminescent
17.
organisms that live on or in the bottom
a)
benthos
b)
neuston
c)
littoral
d)
heterotrophs
18.

On the image, the water area between the low tide mark of the intertidal zone and the edge of the continental shelf, right before the continental slope is called:

a)

nautical zone

b)

benthic zone

c)

nueston zone

d)

neritic zone

19.

Which lives at the top of the ocean, or as far down as the sun can penetrate?

a)

Nekton

b)

Plankton

c)

Benthos

20.

Marine Science is the study of

a)

life

b)

oceans

c)

forest

d)

tundras