4.5 Aquatic Ecosystems

1. The ______ zone is the top of the ocean where the sunlight region is and photosynthesis can occur and where most fish/animals live.
4. _____ Ocean is the part of the ocean that begins at the edge of the continental shelf and extends out and it is not the coastal ocean
6. they are the largest animals ever known to have lived on Earth. These magnificent marine mammals rule the oceans at up to 100 feet long and upwards of 200 tons. Fun fact their tongues alone can weigh as much as an elephant.
8. the type of fish that lives in the coral reef and Nemo is this type of fish.
11. the type of water that is in rivers lakes and streams.
13. __________ Zone the animals in here are exposed to air and are submerged in water at high tide where the temperature changes rapidly and the organisms are used to it and it is pretty shallow.
14. _______ zone is the habitat for the benthics.

2. _____ zones are all of the zones that are in the ocean.
3. _______ Ocean extends from the low-tide mark to the outer edge of the continental shelf or the relatively shallow border that surrounds the continental shelf and is not the open ocean.
5. The _______ zone is below the photic zone and makes up about 3/4 of the ocean where photosynthesis can not occur.
7. Organisms that live in the Benthic zone.
8. __________ Shelf is an underwater landmass which extends from a continent, resulting in an area of relatively shallow water.
9. the type of water that is in the ocean.
10. _____ Reef is where Nemo lives and they look like stringy things and they are in the sand but they have to have sunlight to grow so the water has to be pretty shallow which means they are in the intertidal zone.
12. whales like to eat them and thy are really small also it is the name of the character in Spongebob that runs the chum bucket.