Ocean Zones and Marine Ecology

Why are animals in deep parts of the oceans often colored red?

What part of the pelagic zone is represented by "D"?

This zone is found from 6000 m to beyond 10000 m, also known as the trench zone

What type of ecological relationship is this?

A clownfish and a sea anemone are an example of:

This is the study of interaction between living marine organisms and their environment

What part of the pelagic zone is represented by "F"?

This kind of symbiosis benefits both parties

Two or more organisms struggling to share the same limited resource

What are some characteristics of twilight zone life?

This zone is directly affected by ocean tides:

What part of the pelagic zone is represented by "I"?

What part of the pelagic zone is represented by "G"?

What are some characteristics of twilight zone life?

This part of the pelagic zone extends to the edge of the continental slope to about 200 m deep

Which zone is found between 1000 and 2000 m in depth, also known as the "midnight zone"?

This type of community found in the abyssal zone is sustained by chemoautotrophic bacteria

This is the part of the ocean where photosynthesis cannot occur due to depth

This contain is the uppermost layer of the ocean where photosynthesis occurs

What are some characteristics of twilight zone life?

Interaction between a living thing and something nonliving is a __ interaction

What part of the ocean is represented by "A"?

What part of the pelagic zone is represented by "H"?

Organisms "living together" is known as

What is the deepest part of the ocean so far discovered?

What are some characteristics of twilight zone life?

An interaction between an organism and another organism is known as a ____ interaction

True or false?  As far we know, there is abundant life in the hadalpelagic zone

This is the zone beyond the influence of the tides and makes up the majority of the ocean area

What are some characteristics of twilight zone life?

What kind of ecological relationship is this?

What kind of ecological relationship is this?

This zone is found between 200 and 1000 m in depth, also known as the "twilight zone"

If there is no sunlight in the abyssal zone, how is energy transferred through the ecosystem?

This is the zone found between 2000 and 6000 m in depth, also known as the abyssal zone

What part of the pelagic zone is represented by "E"?

What are some characteristics of twilight zone life?

What kind of ecological relationship is this?

Which part of the ocean is represented by "B"?

This type of symbiosis benefits one part and harms the other

What part of the ocean is represented by "C"?

This is the part of the ocean where photosynthesis cannot occur due to depth

This is the uppermost layer of the ocean, to 200 m in depth, where most marine life is found