Marine Life

These are organisms that live in the deepest parts of the ocean and have bacteria to perform chemosynthesis.

• Dolphins

• Sharks

• Tube Worms

• Sea Turtles

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Phytoplankton live in which zone?

• epipelagic

• mesopelagic

• bathypelagic

• abyssopelagic

the deep sea scavengers include animals that feed on:

• each other

• bacteria

• deep sea plankton

• dead animals

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

organisms that drift in the ocean unable to swim against the currents

• benthos

• plankton

• nekton

• epifauna

Free-floating forms with little power of locomotion.

• Plankton

• Nekton

• Benthos

The majority of marine organisms are found in

• deep ocean waters

• shallow, coastal waters

• fisheries

• none of the above

The base of the food web in open ocean ecosystems is:

• Mangrove trees

• Phytoplankton

• Sea grass

• Zooplankton

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

organisms that swim against the ocean’s currents

•  neuston

• plankton

• nekton

• naphron

the water area between the low tide mark and the edge of the continental shelf

• nautical zone

• benthic zone

• nueston zone

• neritic zone

the entire bottom portion of the ocean

• pelagic zone

• bathyal zone

• neustonic zone

• benthic zone