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WorksheetsOcean Motion and Zones
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
the area between the high tide and the low tide mark
a)
benthic zone
b)
intertidal zone
c)
pelagic zone
d)
abyssal zone
2.
organisms that live on or in the bottom
a)
benthos
b)
neuston
c)
littoral
d)
heterotrophs
3.
the gently sloping shallow sea bed surrounding a continent
a)
abyssal
b)
bathyal
c)
littoral
d)
continental shelf
4.
plankton that lives on the water’s surface
a)
nekton
b)
neuston
c)
infauna
d)
inflora
5.
shore bottom that is splashed by water but not submerged
a)
bathyal zone
b)
continental shelf
c)
supralittoral zone
d)
tidal zone
6.
benthic animals that live buried or partially buried in the sea floor
a)
infauna
b)
epifauna
c)
inflora
d)
epiflora
7.
benthic animals that live on the sea floor
a)
infauna
b)
epifauna
c)
inflora
d)
epiflora
8.
the ocean bottom between the high tide and low tide mark that is sometimes submerged
a)
littoral zone
b)
pelagic zone
c)
neritic zone
d)
benthic zone
9.
the entire water portion of the ocean
a)
pelagic zone
b)
neritic zone
c)
oceanic zone
d)
benthic zon
10.
organisms that swim against the ocean’s currents
a)
neuston
b)
plankton
c)
nekton
d)
naphron
11.
the water area between the low tide mark and the edge of the continental shelf
a)
nautical zone
b)
benthic zone
c)
nueston zone
d)
neritic zone
12.
the open water area beyond the continental shelf
a)
oceanic zone
b)
tidal zone
c)
bahyal zone
d)
abyssal zone
13.
a division of the benthic zone, the bottom from the continental slope out to the open ocean
a)
bottom zone
b)
abyssal zone
c)
epipelagic zone
d)
bathyal zone
14.
benthic plants that live on the sea floor
a)
epiflora
b)
inflora
c)
epifauna
d)
infauna
15.
a division of the benthic zone, the ocean bottom in deep water
a)
abyssal zone
b)
bottom zone
c)
epipelagic zone
d)
neritic zone
16.
the entire bottom portion of the ocean
a)
pelagic zone
b)
bathyal zone
c)
neustonic zone
d)
benthic zone
17.
organisms that drift in the ocean unable to swim against the currents
a)
benthos
b)
plankton
c)
nekton
d)
epifauna
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