Quiz about Marine Life Zones

Question 1

Question 1.

Accepted Answer

D is the Neritic Zone

Answer

D is the Supratidal Zone

Answer

D is the Benthic Zone

Answer

D is the Pelagic Zone

Question 2

Question 2.

Accepted Answer

L is the Benthic Zone

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L is the Pelagic Zone

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L is the Supratidal Zone

Answer

L is the Oceanic Zone

Question 3

Question 3.

Accepted Answer

E is the Oceanic Zone

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E is the Pelagic Zone

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E is the Subtidal Zone

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E is the Abyssal Pelagic Zone

Question 4

Which statement about the Epipelagic Zone (E) is true?

Accepted Answer

It receives the most sunlight

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Commercial fishing takes place there

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It is considered the ocean floor

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It receives the least sunlight

Question 5

Select all zones that are APHOTIC (little to no light):

Accepted Answer

Benthic

Accepted Answer

Abyssal Pelagic

Accepted Answer

Mesopelagic

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Neritic

Question 6

Select all zones that are PHOTIC (receives ample sunlight):

Accepted Answer

Oceanic

Accepted Answer

Neritic

Accepted Answer

Epipelagic

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Hadalpelagic

Question 7

Which zone contains the strandline?

Accepted Answer

Intertidal

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Supratidal

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Subtidal

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Pelagic

Question 8

Where is most life in the ocean found?

Accepted Answer

In photic zones that receive sunlight

Answer

In aphotic zones that receive little/no sunlight

Question 9

Where would you expect to find the coldest water?

Accepted Answer

Abyssal Pelagic Zone

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Oceanic Zone

Answer

Supratidal Zone

Answer

Neritic Zone

Question 10

This is the zone where the water is constantly changing and moving.

Accepted Answer

Intertidal

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Neritic

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Oceanic

Answer

Abyssal

Question 11

What is the correct order from the ocean surface to the ocean floor?

Accepted Answer

epipelagic, mesopelagic, bathypelagic,

abyssopelagic,

hadalpelagic

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epipelagic,

hadalpelagic

abyssopelagic,

mesopelagic, bathypelagic,

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bathypelagic,

abyssopelagic,

hadalpelagic

epipelagic, mesopelagic,

Answer

hadalpelagic,

abyssopelagic

bathypelagic,

mesopelagic,

epipelagic,

Question 12

Which statement about the Benthic Zone (L) is true?

Accepted Answer

It includes all of the ocean floor

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It receives lots of sunlight

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Commercial fishing takes place here

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It contains photosynthetic organisms

Question 13

The correct order of ocean zones in the aphotic zone, is:

Accepted Answer

Bathyal, Abyssal, Hadal

Answer

Aphotic, Abyssal, Bathyal

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Abyssal, Photic, Hadal

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Bathyla, Hadal, Abyssal

Question 14

Upper layer of water extending to depth of 200 meters; in the photic or sunlit zone

Accepted Answer

epipelagic zone

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neritic zone

Answer

hadalpelagic zone

Answer

mesopelagic zone

Question 15

The depths of the ocean below 6,000 meters in the deep-ocean trenches

Accepted Answer

hadalpelagic zone

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mesopelagic zone

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epipelagic zone

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bentic zone

Question 16

What is the importance of the Neritic zone?

Accepted Answer

It is where most commercial fishing occurs.

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It is where organisms live in complete darkness and high pressure.

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It is where organisms have adapted to live on the ocean floor

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It makes up part of the aphotic zones of the ocean.

Question 17

Which zone contains the highly turbulent surf zone, characterized by lots of water movement and wave energy?

Accepted Answer

Subtidal zone

Answer

Supratidal zone

Answer

Intertidal zone

Answer

Tubular tidal zone

Question 18

You can tell this is the _____ zone because of the _______.

Accepted Answer

Intertidal Zone/

Strandline

Answer

Subtidal Zone/

Surf line

Answer

Neritic Zone/

Aphotic line

Answer

Pelagic Zone/

Neritic Line

Question 19

The shallow part of the seafloor that surrounds the continents is the...

Accepted Answer

Continental shelf

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Pelagic zone

Answer

Aphotic zone

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Supratidal zone

Question 20

Scientists divide the ocean into zones. Where do 90% of all sea creatures live?

Accepted Answer

Sunlit zone

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Twilight zone

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Midnight Zone

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New moon zone

Question 21

Where does the energy for chemosynthesis come from?

Accepted Answer

chemicals

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sunlight

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producers

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consumers

Question 22

There really are no differences between fish at the surface and fish in the deep ocean.

Accepted Answer

False

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True

Question 23

Which are adaptations deep ocean organisms have to cope with extreme pressure?

Accepted Answer

A & B only

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A- Many fish have lost their swim bladder

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B- Unsaturated fats replace water in cells so they cannot be frozen and fractured

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C- Bioluminescence

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all of these

Question 24

Which marine life zone is characterized by the presence of sunlight, allowing photosynthesis to occur, and is typically found at depths up to 200 meters?

Accepted Answer

Epipelagic zone

Answer

Neritic zone

Answer

Hadalpelagic zone

Answer

Mesopelagic zone

Question 25

In which marine life zone would you find organisms adapted to high pressure and complete darkness, typically located below 6,000 meters?

Accepted Answer

Hadalpelagic zone

Answer

Mesopelagic zone

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Epipelagic zone

Answer

Benthic zone

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