The Ocean Zones
Name ______Period _____
Ocean Zones
(shoreline to open ocean)
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4.
Intertidal Zone
Organisms adapted to harsh, changing environments
Neritic Zone
Area of greatest density and diversity of marine life
Oceanic Zone
From the continental break out to open ocean
Benthic Zone
Underlies all the other zones
Ocean Zones
(surface to ocean floor)
Epipelagic Zone
Mesopelagic Zone
Bathypelagic Zone
Abyssopelagic Zone
Hadopelagic Zone
Epipelagic Zone
Photic Zone
Primary area of food production
Mesopelagic Zone
Dysphotic Zone
From about
Midnight Zones
No sunlight
Low density and diversity of marine life
Bathypelagic Zone
No sunlight
Low density and diversity of marine life
Abyssopelagic Zone
No sunlight
Low density and diversity of marine life
Hadopelagic Zone
No sunlight
Low density and diversity of marine life