Life in the Ocean

Question 1

Phytoplankton

Answer 1

A diverse group of single-celled organisms

Question 2

Assimulated energy

Answer 2

The portion of energy that a consumer digests and absorbs

Question 3

Egested energy

Answer 3

The portion of consumed energy that is excreted or regurgitated

Question 4

Respired energy

Answer 4

the portion of the energy of assimulated energy that a consumer uses for respiration

Question 5

What percentage of energy is lost from one trophic level to the next?

Answer 5

90%

Question 6

Pelagic

Answer 6

Open water regions of the ocean

Question 7

Neritic

Answer 7

Over the continentalBenthic shelf (200m in depth)

Question 8

Benthic

Answer 8

Bottom

Question 9

Littoral zone

Answer 9

Intertidal

Question 10

Sublittoral zone

Answer 10

beyond the littoral zone

Question 11

Epipelagic zone

Answer 11

0-200 meters in depth

Question 12

Mesopelagic zone

Answer 12

200-1000 meters in depth

Question 13

Bathypelagic zone

Answer 13

1000-4000 meters in depth

Question 14

Abyssopelagic zone

Answer 14

4000-6000 meters in depth

Question 15

Hadal zone

Answer 15

greater than 6000 meters in depth

Question 16

Plankton

Answer 16

• Ocean drifters
• Unable to move consistently through the ocean
• Highly diverse

Question 17

Nekton

Answer 17

Those organisms that actively swim

Question 18

Benthos

Answer 18

Organisms that live on the ocean floor