1. Try this… build a marine ecosystem
1. Build a poster showing a marine ecosystem
A. Draw, color, & label
Coast/Shallow water (Estuary)
Pelagic/Photic Zone
Abyssal/Aphotic Zone
B. Show 9 organisms throughout the ocean
3 Coast
3 Photic Zone (open water; further away from the coast)
3 Aphotic Zone
Use chapter 4.5 to help with the poster

2. 2. Analysis Questions
Describe the biotic & abiotic factors of all 3 areas of the marine ecosystem
Geography, light, depth, salinity, temperature & pressure
What kind of adaptations do organisms have at the top, middle, and bottom of the ocean
How would those biotic & abiotic components change if this were a freshwater ecosystem (lake)
Be specific; would you find a dolphin in a Florida lake? No, what would you find there instead?

3. Marine Ecosystem