Open OceanCourtney Wood
Period 3 Also known
as: Pelagic
Zone!
Example of Biome
Open Ocean or Pelagic Zone
Location of Biome• The open ocean is located passed
the coastal waters. • It is the deeper areas of the ocean
Anchors away!
Physical Characteristics• Temperature: 0° to 40° C• Salinity: 35 parts per thousand• Depth: The depth varies between
200 to 11,000 meters.• Water Flow: There are warm ocean
currents
Here fishy, fishy, fishy!
Base of Food Web• Phytoplankton are the base of the
food web. • The zooplankton eat the
phytoplankton.• The larger organisms eat the
zooplankton. Fish are friends, not food.
Animals• Fish• Whales• Sharks• Squid• Dolphins• Plankton• Swordfish• Krill• Cuttlefish
Zones• Epipelagic Zone: 200 meters deep• Mesopelagic Zone: 200 to 1000
meters• Bathypelagic Zone: 1000 to 4000
meters• Abyssopelagic Zone: 4000 to 6000
meters• Hadopelagic Zone: greater than 6000
meters
Just keep swimming!
Fun Facts• Tsunamis are only 12 inches high in
the open ocean!• Ocean Acidification takes place here!• The deeper you go the colder it gets!• The deeper you go the less light
there is!
Brrrrr! I w
ish I had fur!
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