RAP1. _____ surface features of ocean

floor.2._____ slopes gently down from

edge of a continent.3. _____slopes steeply from

continental shelf

Ocean Floor Lab (use pg 92-93 in CRCT Book1. Cut out words2. Cut out pictures3. Cut out definitions4. Place words picture definition5. Get checked for correctness6. Glue in

Key Questions:1. What is the benthic environment?2. What is the interdial zone?3. What is the sublittoral zone?4. What is the bathyal zone?5. What is the abyssal zone?6. What is the Hadal zone?7. What is the neritic zone?8. What is the oceanic zone?

Benthic Environment-the ocean floor and the organisms that live in or on it

Benthic > Intertidal ZoneShallowest zoneLocated between high and low tideCovered by water (low tide) and

exposed to air and sun (high tide)Clams, oysters, crabs

Benthic > SublittoralStarts where intertidal ends and edge of continental shelf

Stable temperature, water pressure, sunlight

Corals

Benthic > BathyalOn continental slopeLittle sunlight or plantsSponge, sea stars, octopus

Benthic > Abyssal On abyssal plainNo sunlightNo plantsFew animalsSea cucumbers, crabs,

sponges, worms

Benthic > HadalLocated in Trenches

Deepest zoneNo sunlight or plants

Few AnimalsFloor of trenchesSponge, worms, clams

Pelagic > Neritic ZoneWarmShallow (Over the

Continental Shelf)Largest

concentration of marine life

Fish, plankton, marine animals

Pelagic > Oceanic ZoneWhole ocean floor except

the continental shelfDeeper, Colder, More

PressureAngler fish