Ocean Zones
How many major ocean layers are there?
What is 3?
The sea otters consuming sea urchins actually assists the ecosystems from what....
What is Kelp Forest destruction?
The zone above the High Tide Zone.
What is the splash zone?
Name the zone that is at the very bottom. Few animals can live here because of the pressure.
What is the midnight zone?
An apex predator necessary for insuring the health of a coral reef
What is a shark?
Pool of water left as the tide retreats.
What is a tidal pool?
More than 90% of all marine organisms live here.
What is the sunlit zone?
A microscopic plant that lives at the surface area of the sunlit zone, provides abundant oxygen.
What is Phytoplankton?
What percent of Earth's surface is covered in water?
What is 70-72%
Two major factors that organisms must adapt to in order to live in the intertidal zone.
What are wave action and desiccation?
This zone receives some sunlight but not a lot. Plant eating fish can still live here but they have to survive on scraps from above.
What is Twilight zone?
Why is the ocean important? (multiple possible answers)
What is need water for cycle, supports life, and plants provide oxygen (list 2/3)
Name the ocean layers
What is sunlight zone, twilight zone, and midnight zone?
The 3 main factors of a food web.
What are producers, consumers, and decomposers?
Mid zone algae evolved a slime coat in order to survive this environmental threat
What is dessication? (water loss, extreme heat or light)