1. Unit: Water and the Atmosphere
Lesson #4: Ocean Habitats
Essential Questions:
1.) How are ocean zones and organisms classified?

2. How are ocean zones and organisms classified?
The three ocean zones are:
Intertidal, neritic, open-ocean

3. Organisms are grouped according to where they live and how they move

4. Plankton
float near the surface
carried by waves and currents

5. Nekton
move through the water column
free swimming animals

6. Benthos
Live on the ocean floor
some move place to place and others stay in one location