Ocean Habitat

Sea turtles use their flippers to swim

• Yes

• No

Beds of kelp are like forests in ocean

• Yes

• No

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Different animals live in different parts of the ocean

• Yes

• No

Which sentence about coral is TRUE?

• Coral is a kind of plant.

• Coral is a kind of animal.

• Coral lives in freshwater.

• Coral lives in the deep sea.

Why do you think the midnight zone is very cold?

• Sunlight cannot reach the midnight zone to warm it.

• There are not many animals there to keep it warm.

• Vents in the Earth's crust give off very cold gases.

• The midnight zone is found under the North Pole.

Which is the LARGEST ocean zone?

• The sunlit zone

• The twilight zone

• The midnight zone

• The coastal zone

Some deep-sea animals can give off light. How might they use this adaptation?

• to attract prey or scare off predators

• to help stay warm in very cold waters

• to keep themselves from getting sick

• to help them find underwater vents

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Many sea turtles eat sea plants. In which ocean zone would you probably find sea turtles?

• in the sunlit zone

• in the twilight zone

• in the midnight zone

• in the abyssal zone

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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Why are there no plants in the midnight zone?

• The water is too salty for plants to live.

• There is no sunlight for plants to grow.

• It is too warm for plants to grow.

• Animals have eaten all the plants.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What is the primary source of energy for ocean habitats?

• Sunlight

• Geothermal vents

• Tidal forces

• Underwater volcanoes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4