Download Ocean Zones Notes Ocean Zones : Include zone, zone, and the

Ocean Zones Notes
Ocean Zones : Include _________________ zone, _________________ zone, and the _______________ ocean zone.
Intertidal Zone: _________________ tide on land is where it _____________________.
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From there the _______________ stretches out to the point on the _______________ shelf exposed by the
___________________ tide.
Neritic Zone:_______________ from the _______________ tide line out to the ____________ of the continental shelf
Open Ocean Zone: Beyond the ________________ shelf lies ________________ ocean zone
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_________________ is the _________________, darkest part of the _________________
Organisms: Most __________________ near the _____________________
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Scientists ________________ marine organisms ____________________ to where they ______________ and
how they ________________
Plankton: Are tiny ________________ and animals that float in the water and are carried by _____________ and
_______________.
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Include ___________________ shaped ______________________
Nekton: Free ________________ animals that can ___________________ throughout the water ____________
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_________________, most fishes, and marine _____________ such as _____________ and seals.
Benthos: Are _______________ that __________________ the ocean _________________.
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______________, sea stars, octopus and _______________ are examples.
Intertidal zone: Organisms that live in the _______________ intertidal zone must be able to _______________
the _____________ of waves, _________________, and ___________________
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Must also _______________ periods of being ______________ and exposed to _______________.
Estuary: An _____________________ along the ___________________ edge
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Is a coastal ___________ or bay where _____________ water from a river ___________ with __________ ocean
water.
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Water is known as __________________.
Coastal Wetlands: Are _________________ found in and around ________________
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Along the ______ coasts, most ______________ are either ______________ forests or ____________ marshes.
Salt Marshes:Have ___________ soil that is rich in ______________ and dominant plant is _______________
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Tide ____________ running through the ___________ break up ___________, thus ____________ organism
from the ocean surf
Mangroves: Have _________________ prop roots that __________________ the trees to the land
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________________ break up ________________ and waves _________________ organism that live there
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________________ also _______________ sediment so water is rich in __________________
Neritic Zone: ________________ from __________________ tide out to the edge of the ________________ shelf
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Hallow water over the continental _____________ receives ____________ and a steady supply of nutrients
______________________ from the land into the ocean
Habitats in Neritic Zone: Are _________________ reefs and _________________ forests
Coral Reefs: Can from only in ________________ tropical _________________ waters
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__________________ a __________________ material around their _______________ bodies
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When they _______________ hard materials is _______________ behind
Kelp Forests: Grow in ________________ neritic waters where the ocean has a _________________ floor
Open Ocean
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Begins where the _________________ zone _________, at the end of the continental ____________________
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Only a ________________ part of the open ocean _________________ sunlight
Has ________________ nutrients
Surface Zone
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_______________ zone is the only part of the ___________ ocean that _____________ enough sunlight to
support ____________________
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___________________ organisms are the base of _________________ webs in the open ocean
Deep Ocean:
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______________ and _______________
Many _______________ sea fishes _______________ their own light called ________________________.
Hydrothermal Vent :
__________________ in the _______________ zone
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Is an area in which __________________ ocean water _______________ through the ______________ of ocean
floor
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_________________ nutrients in the _________________ water support _____________ organisms.