1. Ocean Life Zones

2. Cut along dashed lines to create 5 flaps
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Ocean Life Zones
Cut along dashed lines to create 5 flaps

3. Foldable Ocean Life Zones Intertidal Zone Neritic Zone
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Ocean Life Zones
Benthic Zone
Bathyal Zone
Abyssal Zone

4. 1. Intertidal Zone Between high and low tide lines
Changes a lot between water and dry land = Difficult for animals and plants to survive because they must be able to live outside of water
To avoid being washed out to sea, organisms (plants and animals) must attach themselves to the ground

5. 2. Neritic Zone Plenty of sunlight Low water pressure
Constant temperature
LOTS of organisms live here!

6. 3. Pelagic Zone (sunlight zone) Means “open sea” (Greek = “pelagos”
Water is deeper here
At the surface, there is lots of light
Down below, the water gets colder and the water pressure increases

7. 4. Bathyal Zone 4. Bathyal Zone (twilight zone) Below the pelagic zone
At the bottom of this zone, there is no sunlight = There are no plants that grow Harder for animals to live here

8. 5. Abyssal Zone 5. Abyssal Zone (midnight zone)
NO sunlight reaches this zone
Some animals produce their own light
Little food is available
Very high water pressure
Water temperature is very low/cold

10. Organisms of Each Ocean Life Zone
Intertidal = hermit crab, sea star, mussels, sea urchin
Neritic = Loggerhead sea turtle, mackerel, cod, kelp, dolphin
Pelagic = Great White shark, Nurse Shark, Killer Whale (Orca)
Bathyal = Blue Whale, Humpback Whale
Abyssal = Anglerfish, Giant Squid, Viperfish