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Oceanic Life Zones

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Describe the Neritic Zone and the organisms that live there. It begins where low tide stops and ends where the continental shelf ends. It is bright in this zone. Phytoplankton, small fish, and invertebrates live there as well as cod and makerel.
Describe the Oceanic Zone It begins at the edge of the continental shelf and stretches out into the open ocean.
Describe the Twilight Zone and the organisms that live there. This zone is too dark for photosynthesis. Some whales and many types of fish live here.
Describe the Midnight Zone and the organisms that live there. 1000-4000 meters deep. Almost no light gets through to this zone. Giant squid and many kinds of fish with bioluminescent body parts live here.
Describe the Abyssal Zone and the organisms that live there. Below 4000 meters. The abyssal plain is the final resting place for marine snow, the term scientists use for all the dead organisms, sand, dirt, minerals, and other things that sink through the water to the plains below.
What are the characteristics of Thermal Vents? Eight-foot long worms and blind fish may live near a hydrothermal vent. Minerals and gases may cause black smoke to flow from a hydrothermal vent. Hydrothermal vents can eventually close up.
What might scientists find in a "vent community?" Very little to no light.Hot temperatures.Lava oozing out of cracks in the sea floor. A mixture of chemicals that provide energy to organisms. Organisms adapted to life in the dark or heat (bacteria, crabs, limpets, and tubeworms). Pink bathids live there.
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