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Ocean Habitats

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Question 1

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Which sentence about coral is TRUE?

Coral is a kind of plant.

Coral lives in freshwater.

Coral is a kind of animal.

Coral lives in the deep sea.

Question 2

2.

Overfishing can cause some kinds of fish to be ENDANGERED. What does ENDANGERED mean?

many of its kind are left to eat

helpful to plants

very few of its kind are left

harmful to living things

Question 3

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Why do you think the midnight zone is very cold?

There are not many animals there to keep it warm.

Sunlight cannot reach the midnight zone to warm it.

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

The midnight zone is found under the North Pole.

Question 4

4.

Which is the LARGEST ocean zone?

The sunlit zone

The midnight zone

The coastal zone

The twilight zone

Question 5

5.

What happens LAST?

The bag goes down a gutter and into the ocean.

A fish eats the plastic pieces and gets sick.

The plastic bag breaks down into pieces.

A person throws a plastic bag on the ground.

Question 6

6.

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

to keep themselves from getting sick

to help stay warm in very cold waters

to attract prey or scare off predators

to help them find underwater vents

Question 7

7.

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

Question 8

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Why are there no plants in the midnight zone?

Animals have eaten all the plants.

It is too warm for plants to grow.

The water is too salty for plants to live.

There is no sunlight for plants to grow.

Question 9

9.

Which sentence is FALSE?

Most marine life is in the twilight zone.

Plants can grow underwater in the seas.

The midnight zone receives no sunlight.

The sunlit zone is at the top of the ocean.

Question 10

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Why do you think people call coral reefs the "rainforests of the ocean"?

Both coral reefs and rainforests can be found in South America.

Both coral reefs and rainforests are very wet and sunny places.

Both coral reefs and rainforests are home to many living things.

Both coral reefs and rainforests have rich soil for plants to grow.