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Ocean Zones NotetakersThree primary factors determine what kind of life lives in the ocean.
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I. Horizontal Ocean Zones
Intertidal Zone
-Area between _____________ tide line and _____________ tide line
-Sometimes covered in ___________ and sometimes ____________
-Organisms adapted to __________, changing environments
Neritic Zone
-Area over the _________________ shelf
-Only as deep as ______________
-Has the most __________________ life
-Lots of _______________
-Temperature _____________ and pressure is ____________
Oceanic Zone (Open Ocean)
-Beyond the ________________ shelf
II. Vertical Ocean Zones
Sunlight or Photic Zone
-_____________ layer of the ocean to about ______________ meters down
-Lots of __________________
-Most ocean _______________ occur here
Twilight Zone
-Some sunlight but not enough for ______________________
-_____________-____________ deep
Midnight Zone
-No ________________
-From ___________ to about __________
-Near ________________ temperatures and ____________ pressure
Abyssal Zone
-No _________________
-_________________ and below
-_______________ water, very _________ pressure
-Food is ________________
-Seabed is covered by __________-__________ooze
Benthic Zone
-The Ocean _______________
-_________________ all the other zones
-Can be ____________ or ____________
III. 3 Basic Lifestyles
Plankton
-________________ or very poor ____________________
-Plankton divided into 2 groups:
-Phytoplankton
-producers, -__________________
-Must live in the _______________ zone
-Most abundant in shallow ____________ areas or
in ______________ zones
-The basis of the oceanic ___________ _______
-Zooplankton
– consumers
-animals that live all or part of their life _____________
-they are generally either very small ____________ or large but ___________ -
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Nekton
-Free _______________
-Maneuver actively in the ____________ _____________
-Found in the water column from ______________ to ocean ____________
Benthos
-Live either on or attached to the _________________
-Primarily ___________ ____________ or scavengers
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