Mesopelagic Zone

2. zone known as water near the ocean floor
6. the process of taking CO2 and turning it into Oxygen
8. mesopelagic zone is also known as this zone
10. because the mesopelagic zone has minimal sunlight it also doesn't have plants that go through this
12. the ocean floor can also be called this
13. percentage of all ocean water that is in the mesopelagic zone
15. production of light by an organism to communicate and attract prey
16. the animal at the top of a food chain
17. the transition layer between deep and surface water
18. the mesopelagic zone ranges from 660ft to _______ft
19. the zone below the epipelagic zone

1. some fish have this to reflect light and scare predators away
3. where most the nutrients are found in the mesopelagic zone (hint: it's related to the ocean floor)
4. zone known as the open ocean
5. zone known as the ocean floor
7. animals have to do this in order to survive
9. this drops significantly from the epipelagic zone to the mesopelagic zone
11. the top layer of the ocean (hint: the _____ of the ocean)
14. the food source for predators