Ocean Zones
What zone is closest to the shoreline?
Intertidal Zone
The top of the wave
Crest
Organisms that produce their own light
Bioluminescence
Phytoplankton and Zooplankton
What Zone is an Area between low tide and the continental shelf?
Neritic Zone
Bottom of the wave
Trough
Where the light doesn't reach (always dark)
Aphotic Zone
Must live in the Photic Zone
Phytoplankton
Which zone is closest to the ocean floor?
Hadopelagic Zone
When a wave crashes over
Breaker
Measures how clear or not clear the water is
Turbidity
Benthos
Which zone is from 1,000 m down to the ocean floor?
Midnight Zones
What is a series of waves caused by underwater earthquakes?
Tsunami
The light penetrates 50-100 meters deep
Photic Zone
The two basic types of Benthos
Sessile and Vagrant
Which zone is in the "Sunlight Zone"?
Epipelagic Zone
Area on the beach from the highest to the lowest tide
The Tidal Zone
Seen in surface waters. It lights up when disturbed
Noctiluca
Found in the water column from surface to ocean floor
Nekton