Ocean Zones Quiz

Which ocean zone is characterized by high water pressure, low temperatures, and no sunlight?

• intertidal zone

• epipelagic zone

• abyssopelagic zone

• mesopelagic zone

The use of light energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into energy-rich glucose molecules is called ____.

• photosynthesis

• respiration

• fermentation

• transpiration

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which ocean zone allows plants to grow?

• mesopelagic zone

• bathypelagic zone

• epipelagic zone

• abyssopelagic zone

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What is true about the deepest parts of the ocean floor?

• Animals live in constant darkness

• Algae thrive

• Temperatures are moderate to high

• Nekton are more common than benthos

In what zone do animals begin to be bioluminescent?

• Twilight (mesopelagic zone)

• Sunlight (epipelagic zone)

• Abyssopelagic zone

• Midnight (bathypelagic zone)

The area labeled C that extends out from the bottom of the continental slope is called the,

• Continental Rise

• Continental Shelf

• Trench

• Abyssal Plain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What type of plate boundary is being shown?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• Sink-slip

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What term describes organisms that live on or in the ocean floor?

• benthos

• pelagic

• nekton

• plankton

Which statement best describes the sunlight in deep ocean trenches?

• Sunlight does not reach this area

• Sunlight is abundant

• Sunlight is intermittent

• Sunlight is reflected

The ocean layer of rapid temperature change with depth is known as the ____.

• trophic level

• deep zone

• mixed zone

• thermocline