Marine Ecosystems (6/19/2024)

Answer the following questions by referring to the Google Slides Presentation.

Above is a graphic of the ocean and land.  Label the zones below using the graphic and these words:  benthic, neritic, intertidal, oceanic

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What is the ecosystem where freshwater and salt water are always mixing?

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What is the ecosystem called that is located in warm, shallow seas? This ecosystem provides homes to organisms such as sponges and sea anemone.

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In which ocean zone do organisms such as snails have to adapt to changing levels of water?

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Floating mats of algae called sargassums make up an ecosystem found in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. What is this ecosystem called?

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Which ocean life zone is located in the top layer of the ocean where there is a lot of sunlight? Corals live here.

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What is the ecosystem in the icy waters found in the Arctic ocean and around Antarctica called?

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What is one abiotic factor that affects the biotic factors in the ocean?

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Which ocean zone is located where the sea floor drops off and is the main part of the ocean?

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What does the temperature of the ocean do as the depth increases?

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Which ocean zone is located where the sea floor drops off quickly?

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Marine Ecosystems (6/19/2024)

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What is the ecosystem where freshwater and salt water are always mixing?

What is the ecosystem called that is located in warm, shallow seas? This ecosystem provides homes to organisms such as sponges and sea anemone.

In which ocean zone do organisms such as snails have to adapt to changing levels of water?

Floating mats of algae called sargassums make up an ecosystem found in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. What is this ecosystem called?

Which ocean life zone is located in the top layer of the ocean where there is a lot of sunlight? Corals live here.

What is the ecosystem in the icy waters found in the Arctic ocean and around Antarctica called?

What is one abiotic factor that affects the biotic factors in the ocean?

Which ocean zone is located where the sea floor drops off and is the main part of the ocean?

What does the temperature of the ocean do as the depth increases?

Which ocean zone is located where the sea floor drops off quickly?

What is the primary consumer of the marine ecosystem?

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C

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What is the ecosystem where freshwater and salt water are always mixing?

What is the ecosystem called that is located in warm, shallow seas? This ecosystem provides homes to organisms such as sponges and sea anemone.

In which ocean zone do organisms such as snails have to adapt to changing levels of water?

Floating mats of algae called sargassums make up an ecosystem found in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. What is this ecosystem called?

Which ocean life zone is located in the top layer of the ocean where there is a lot of sunlight? Corals live here.

What is the ecosystem in the icy waters found in the Arctic ocean and around Antarctica called?

What is one abiotic factor that affects the biotic factors in the ocean?

Which ocean zone is located where the sea floor drops off and is the main part of the ocean?

What does the temperature of the ocean do as the depth increases?

Which ocean zone is located where the sea floor drops off quickly?

What is the primary consumer of the marine ecosystem?