The Basics
50% of this element is produced in the open ocean
What is Oxygen?
This zone goes our beyond the continental shelf and reaches depths greater than 650 feet
What is the Oceanic Zone?
These creatures live in the Sunlight Zone and are free-floating.
What are plankton?
This adaptation allows an animal to float.
What is buoyancy?
Another name for the Sunlight Zone
What is the Epipelagic Zone?
Another name for the open ocean
What is the Pelagic Zone?
This zone is also referred to as "the trenches"
What is the Hadopelagic Zone?
These fish are found in the Twilight Zone and have the same common name as the Tiger named Diego in Ice Age.
What is the Saber-tooth Fish?
This adaptation is typically called this because of animals who are light on bottom and dark on the top
What is countershading?
The horizontal zone above the continental shelf
What is the Neuritic Zone?
This is the number of horizontal zones in the Pelagic Zone
What is two?
This zone has the most vertebrates on Earth
What is the Mesopelagic Zone?
These type of sharks live in the Abyss and have a name that reminds you of baking.
What is the cookie-cutter shark?
This adaptation is typically found in creatures living in the Mesopelagic Zone, and it allows them to change color quickly.
What is camouflage?
The Oceanic Zone makes up this percentage of the open ocean
What is 65%?
This is the number of vertical zones in the Pelagic Zones
What is five?
This zone reaches from below 13,000 feet to the seafloor, and has temperatures around 32-39 degrees Fahrenheit.
What is the Abyssopelagic Zone?
These creatures live in the Epipelagic Zone and are also a tasty treat when they are wrapped in bacon.
What are scallops?
This adaptation allows the creature to light up the area in the Abyss
What is bioluminescence?
The name of the organism has three parts and lives in the Twilight Zone, and whose first name makes you think of traffic, and the last name makes you think of fiery creatures
What is the Stoplight Loosejaw Dragonfish?
This is the depth of the deepest part of the open ocean
What is 7 miles?
This zone reaches from 650 feet down to 3,000 feet.
What is the Mesopelagic Zone?
These fish live in the Midnight Zone and are named for their ability to produce light.
What are Lantern Fish?
This adaptation helps an organism to slow down their movements, and digestion in order to live in the trenches.
What is a slow metabolism?
This is the spelling of the zone also known as the Midnight Zone?
What is B-A-T-H-Y-P-E-L-A-G-I-C?