Name: ____________________________________________________________________Block:______Date:______
Zones Review
Match the Zone to the description.
1. ____Between High and Low tide mark
2. ____ ____ Zone combination without a benthic component
3. ____ Most productive zone with the most abundant life
4. ____ Creatures in this zone have thick coverings (shells) to protect them and seal in moisture,
or may have the ability to cling to surfaces (sea stars)
5. ____ Below the low tide mark (under water all the time)
6. ____ The area of the ocean that does not receive light (general term)
7. ____ Organisms adapted to harsh waves, currents and tides.
8. ____ Also known as Twilight Zone
9. ____ Area of ocean that receives light which enables photosynthesis.
10. ____ Seafloor
A. Intertidal Zone
B. Abyssopelagic
C. Neritic Zone
D. Oceanic zone
E. Epipelagic (Photic) zone
F. Aphotic zone
11. ____ 0-200M
12. ____ Lies beyond the continental shelf
13. ____ Location of offshore coral reefs
14. ____ Includes the neritic zone (<200m) and the oceanic zone (>200m)
15. ____ Largest life zone in ocean
G. Hadalpelagic
H. Benthic
I.
Mesopelagic
J.
Pelagic
K. Bathypelagic.
16. ____ ____ ____Also known as Midnight zone
17. ____ Much turbulence due to wave action
18. ____ Also Known as Sunlight Zone
19. ____ Lies above the continental shelf
20. ____ Deepest portions of ocean floor (trenches).
21. ____ Considered the “open ocean”
22. ___ Some light penetration but not enough for photosynthesis.
23. ____ _____ ____ Low density and diversity of Marine Life
24. Draw a diagram of the lateral and light zones. (with depths)
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Zones Review
25. ____ Free Swimmers
26. ____ Floaters or poor swimmers
27. ____ Bottom Dwellers
28. ____ Sponges
29. ____ Fish, Shrimp, Octopi
30. ____ Crabs, Sea Urchins
L. Nekton
M. Benthos
N. Plankton
31. Label the lifestyle as Benthic, Plankton, Nekton
32. Compare and Contrast Zooplankton and Phytoplankton
33. Compare and Contrast Vagrant and Sessile Benthos
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