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Marine Habitats

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which sentence about coral is TRUE?

a)

Coral is a kind of plant.

b)

Coral is a kind of animal.

c)

Coral lives in freshwater.

d)

Coral lives in the deep sea.

2.

Overfishing can cause some kinds of fish to be ENDANGERED. What does ENDANGERED mean?

a)

harmful to living things

b)

helpful to plants

c)

very few of its kind are left

d)

many of its kind are left to eat

3.

Why do you think the midnight zone is very cold?

a)

Sunlight cannot reach the midnight zone to warm it.

b)

There are not many animals there to keep it warm.

c)

Vents in the Earth's crust give off very cold gases.

d)

The midnight zone is found under the North Pole.

4.

Which is the LARGEST ocean zone?

a)

The sunlit zone

b)

The twilight zone

c)

The midnight zone

d)

The coastal zone

5.

What happens LAST?

a)

A fish eats the plastic pieces and gets sick.

b)

A person throws a plastic bag on the ground.

c)

The bag goes down a gutter and into the ocean.

d)

The plastic bag breaks down into pieces.

6.

1. Some deep-sea animals can give off light. How might they use this adaptation?

a)

to attract prey or scare off predators

b)

to help stay warm in very cold waters

c)

to keep themselves from getting sick

d)

to help them find underwater vents

7.

Many sea turtles eat sea plants. In which ocean zone would you probably find sea turtles?

a)

in the sunlit zone

b)

in the twilight zone

c)

in the midnight zone

d)

in the abyssal zone

8.

Why are there no plants in the midnight zone?

a)

The water is too salty for plants to live.

b)

There is no sunlight for plants to grow.

c)

It is too warm for plants to grow.

d)

Animals have eaten all the plants.

9.

Which sentence is FALSE?

a)

The midnight zone receives no sunlight.

b)

Most marine life is in the twilight zone.

c)

The sunlit zone is at the top of the ocean.

d)

Plants can grow underwater in the seas.

10.

Why do you think people call coral reefs the "rainforests of the ocean"?

a)

Both coral reefs and rainforests are home to many living things.

b)

Both coral reefs and rainforests are very wet and sunny places.

c)

Both coral reefs and rainforests can be found in South America.

d)

Both coral reefs and rainforests have rich soil for plants to grow.