Sunlight Zone
What is the sunlight zone also known as?
Euphotic Zone or Epipelagic Zone
What is the twilight zone also known as?
Dysphotic Zone or Mesopelagic Zone
What is the midnight zone also known as?
Bathyal Zone or Bathypelagic Zone
Which layer of the ocean is the sunlight zone?
the upper layer
How many meters down in the ocean does the twilight zone start?
200 meters
How many meters deep in the ocean does the midnight zone start?
1,000 meters
What organism in the sunlight zone performs photosynthesis?
Phytoplankton
How much of the planet's surface does the twilight zone occupy?
~60%
Any light in the midnight zone comes from what?
the animals