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Benthic Review
1. What is the difference between the benthic and pelagic region of the ocean?
2. What are the 5 benthic regions?
Rocky Shore:
3. How is a rocky shore divided?
4. What zone of a rocky shore is covered with water most of the day? What is the adaptation seen
most in this area to resist desiccation?
5. What zone of a rocky shore is covered with water equal parts of the day? What is the
adaptation seen most in this area to resist desiccation?
6. What zone of a rocky shore is covered with water for only a small part of the day? What is the
adaptation seen most in this area to resist desiccation?
Sediment Covered Shore:
7. What determines the type of sediment that covers a sediment covered shore?
8. What type of wave energy is associated with muddy salt marshes?
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What type of wave energy is associated with sandy beaches?
10. What type of feeding is associated with a muddy salt marsh?
11. What type of feeding is associated with a sandy beach?
12. How do organisms resist drying out on a sediment covered shore?
Continental Shelf:
13. What are the two types of continental shelf environments?
14. Why is cord grass seen on a soft bottom continental shelf?
15. What type of primary production is seen on a hard bottom continental shelf?
Coral Reefs:
16. What are three types of coral reefs?
17. why does coral (a heterotroph) need light to live?
18. What is the difference between a fringing reef and a barrier reef?
19. Explain how an atoll most likely forms?
20. What do animals compete for on coral reefs?
21. How does hard coral compete for space?
22. How does soft coral compete for space?
Deep Ocean Basin:
23. What are the 4 regions of the deep ocean?
24. Which of the 4 regions has no primary production?
25. What type of organisms make up the foundation of the food web in hydrothermal vents?
26. What type of organisms make up the foundation of the food web in cold seeps?
27. What type of organisms make up the foundation of the food web on dead bodies?