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Social Studies, Science
9th -
12thgrade
Ocean Zones-Distribution of Life
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- 1. Multiple Choice
Microscopic, free-floating, autotrophic organisms that function as producers in aquatic ecosystems
Phytoplankton
Zooplankton
Nekton
Benthos
- 2. Multiple Choice
Causes waves on the ocean's surface:
Wind
Salinity
The Moon
Deep currents
- 3. Multiple Choice
The concentration of dissolved salts in water.
Salinity
Halocline
Thermocline
50%
- 4. Multiple Choice
Animal-like drifting one-celled and small multicellular organisms. Consumers- will eat each other or the phytoplankton.
Phytoplankton
Zooplankton
Nekton
Benthos
- 5. Multiple Choice
When the tidal range is greatest. (Sun and moon are pulling in a line- full moon and new moon).
Spring tide.
Neap tide.
High tide.
Low tide.
- 6. Multiple Choice
The Pelagic (water) environment that is beyond the continents' edges. Divided into many zones, from Photic to Abyssal and Hadal.
Neritic zone.
Open ocean.
Bathyal zone.
Intertidal Zone
- 7. Multiple Choice
Top 200 m of ocean; sunlight can penetrate; plankton feeds a food chain.
Neritic Zone.
Euphotic Zone (also called photic).
Bathyal zone.
Aphotic zone.
- 8. Multiple Choice
The zone located above continental shelves. Sunlight, nutrients, moderate temps and pressures.
Photic zone.
Neritic Zone.
Open ocean zone.
Bathyal Zone
- 9. Multiple Choice
The most abundant salt in sea water:
Potassium permanganate.
Sodium Chloride.
Potassium dichromate.
Copper Sulfate.
- 10. Multiple Choice
We experience 2 high tides and 2 low tides every
Day
Hour
Minute
Year
- 11. Multiple Choice
A gently sloping, shallow ocean floor at the edge of the continent:
Continental shelf.
Abyssal plain.
Mid-ocean ridge.
Ocean trench.
- 12. Multiple Choice
In the Northern Hemisphere, it curves currents to the right:
Poseidon.
The Coriolis Effect.
The Magnetosphere.
California.
- 13. Multiple Choice
The ocean zone that runs from the edge of the continental shelf to the deep plains of the ocean at 4-6 thousand meters.
.
Continental rise.
Hadal zone.
Mid-Atlantic ridge.
Abyssal plain.
- 14. Multiple Choice
The deepest ocean zone; below 6000m, inside ocean trenches.
Neritic Zone.
Bathypelagic zone.
Hadal Zone.
Spray zone
- 15. Multiple Choice
Ocean zone between the low- and high- tide lines:
Benthic Zone.
Photic Zone.
Spray Zone.
Intertidal Zone.
- 16. Multiple Choice
free-swimming animals that can move throughout the water column:
Plankton.
Nekton.
Proton.
Benthos.
- 17. Multiple Choice
tiny, free-floating organisms that occur in aquatic environments:
Plankton.
Nekton.
Benthos.
Black Smokers.
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which global current is caused from differences in temperature and salinity?
Coriolis Effect.
The Gulf stream.
Surface currents.
Thermohaline Circulation (Ocean conveyor belt).
- 19. Multiple Choice
Sunlight does not penetrate this eternal darkness.
Popular sources sometimes refer to this as the midnight
zone. About 5% of the primary production from the
surface makes it to the bottom. Less food means lower
biomass. Occasionally large items like dead sharks or
whales arrive, but generally food is scarce.
Photic Zone.
Neritic Zone.
Bathypelagic (or Aphotic) zone.
Benthic Zone.
- 20. Multiple Choice
made up of a range of mountains that wind through the ocean
Mid Atlantic Ridge.
Hadal Zone.
Mariana Trench.
Continental rise.
- 21. Multiple Choice
The Pelagic (water) environment that is beyond the continents' edges. Divided into many zones, from Photic to Abyssal and Hadal.
Oceanic Zone.
Spray Zone.
Intertidal Zone.
Benthic Zone.
- 22. Multiple Choice
How many high (spring) and low (neap) tides a month (every 28 days?)
One high (spring), one low (neap).
Two high (spring), two low (neap).
28 high and 28 low.
14 high and 14 low.
- 23. Multiple Choice
Which current is caused by winds blowing over the Earth's surface?
Current events.
Gulf stream.
Thermohaline circulation.
Surface Current.
- 24. Multiple Choice
The total amount of living tissue within a given trophic level:
Primary productivity.
Detritus.
Biomass.
Nekton.
- 25. Multiple Choice
Ocean zone on the ocean floor, reaches from the intertidal zone to the Hadal (trench) floors.
Benthic zone.
Intertidal Zone.
Abyssal Zone.
Hadal Zone.
- 26. Multiple Choice
Pelagic Zone (Water environment):
Composed of the Neritic Zone and the Oceanic Zone.
Composed of the Benthic Zone and the Abyssal Zone.
Photic Zone.
Aphotic Zone.
- 27. Multiple Choice
the deepest of all the ocean zones
Abyssal Zone.
Aphotic Zone.
Epipelagic zone.
Hadal zone.
- 28. Multiple Choice
What causes tides to occur?
Triton pulls the plug.
The interactions of the Sun, Moon, and Earth's Oceans.
Winds.
The coriolis effect.
- 29. Multiple Choice
Spray Zone.
A transitional ecosystem where the terrestrial ecosystems meet the marine ecosystems.
The zone around underwater volcanoes.
The zone near a pod of whales.
Intertidal zone.
- 30. Multiple Choice
Intertidal zone:
Easiest place in the ocean to live.
A zone of extremes: cold and hot, wet and dry, pounding waves.
Zone between Mid Atlantic ridge and North America.
Ocean floor.
- 31. Multiple Choice
The correct order of ocean zones in the aphotic zone, is:
Aphotic, Abyssal, Bathyal
Bathyal, Abyssal, Hadal
Abyssal, Photic, Hadal
Bathyla, Hadal, Abyssal
- 32. Multiple Choice
The area between the high tide and the low tide mark
benthic zone
intertidal zone
pelagic zone
abyssal zone
- 33. Multiple Choice
Organisms that live on or near the bottom
benthos
litoral
neuston
neritic
- 34. Multiple Choice
Area from low tide to the gently sloping shallow seabed surrounding a continent.
abyssal
bathyal
littoral
continental shelf
- 35. Multiple Choice
An organism's marine lifestyle that can swim againist the ocean's currents?
neuston
nekton
plankton
neritic
- 36. Multiple Choice
The area between the low tide and the edge of the continental shelf and receives 100% sunlight.
nautical zone
benthic zone
nueston zone
neritic zone
- 37. Multiple Choice
Which ocean zone receives sunlight allowing for plants to go through photosynthesis?
midnight zone
twilight zone
photic zone
intertidal zone
- 38. Multiple Choice
Black dragonfish are monstrous-looking, scaleless fish with very sharp, fang-like teeth. These fish have specialized organs known as photophores that produce light.
Intertidal zone
photic zone
epipelagic zone
aphotic zone
- 39. Multiple Choice
Marine mussels are usually found clumping together on wave-washed rocks. When exposed to air they will close their shells and those in the middle of a clump will undergo less water loss.
coral reef
Oceanic zone
Intertidal zone (low tide)
Intertidal zone (high tide)
- 40. Multiple Choice
Phytoplankton are abundant in this ecosystem, because they are buoyant and float in the upper part of the water.
Ocean - photic zone
Ocean - aphotic zone
Intertidal zone - low tide
Intertidal zone - high tide
- 41. Multiple Choice
The aphotic zone is
the ocean's dark lower layer where photosynthesis cannot occur
on the top of lakes, streams, and oceans.
the sunlit upper layer of the ocean where photosynthesis occurs
where the phytoplankton are found
- 42. Multiple Choice
Species living in the Intertidal Zone must be able to survive which changes?
All of the above
temperature
salinity
moisture
- 43. Multiple Choice
Holes, cracks, or crevices where seawater collects as the tide goes out.
tide pools
tidal wave
tide zone
tidal shore
- 44. Multiple Choice
of the intertidal zones it is only exposed during low tide and contains the highest biodiversity.
High tide
Low tide
Medium tide
splash zone
- 45. Multiple Choice
Of the intertidal zones, it is only submerged at high tide and during low tide is exposed to the sun and atmosphere.
High tide
Low tide
Mid tide
splash zone
- 46. Multiple Choice
Of the intertidal zones, it is located above high tide, receives constant pounding of the waves, and is exposed to the sun and atmosphere. This intertidal zone has the least amount of biodiversity.
High tide
Low tide
Mid tide
splash zone
- 47. Multiple Choice
Zone where freshwater and saltwater meet. Made up of lagoons, harbors, inlets, sounds, river or stream mouths and wetlands.
estuaries
pelagic
neritic
oceanic
- 48. Multiple Choice
Animals that can use their bodies to make light are called what?
shiny
bioluminescent
magic
bulbs
- 49. Multiple Choice
90% of sealife lives in the...
photic zone
aphotic zone
midnight zone
twilight zone
- 50. Multiple Choice
90% of the ocean is in the...
photic zone
aphotic zone
light zone
neritic zone
- 51. Multiple Choice
This picture of a fish show what type of marine lifestyle?
neritic
benthos
plankton
nekton
- 52. Multiple Choice
Where would we expect to find coral reefs?
In deep abyssal zones where there is no light
In shallow tropical waters, close to shore
In the open ocean where there is deep, cold water
In the splash zone where there is sunlight and atmosphere
- 53. Multiple Choice
Why does most of the ocean life live in or at least visit the ocean surface?
the water pressure is higher there and is more enjoyable
that is where chemo-synthesis occurs and therefore more life
that is where the majority of the oxygen and sunlight occurs
the temperatures are colder and most animals need cooler temperatures
- 54. Multiple Choice
Which statement is true about the epipelagic zone?
Commercial fishing takes place there
It is considered the ocean floor
It receives the least sunlight
It receives the most sunlight
- 55. Multiple Choice
Which statement is true about the abyssopelagic zone?
high pressure, increase in concentration of salt, thermocline, very little light
little pressure, low concentration of salt, warm temperatures, light zone
extreme pressure, high concentration of salt, near freezing temperature, no light
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