Photic Zone Quiz

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1. True or False?

You would see the organism in picture below in the photic zone.

True

False

About This Quiz

The photic zone is one of everyone's favorites zones because it is filled with all of the plants and animals that we recognize in the ocean. Let's test your knowledge and skills about the photic zone and see how you do!

2. What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

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2. True or False? You see the organism in the picture below in the photic zone.

True

False

3. True or False?

Intertidal zones are located within the photic zone.

True

False

4. How deep does the photic zone extend?

200 meters

400 meters

900 meters

11,000 meters

5. What does the amount of sunlight in the photic zone determine?

The amount of sediments in water

The amount of detritus

The amount of insects in water

The type and amount of plants

6. The photic zone is found in what types of bodies of water?

Ponds

Lakes

Rivers

Oceans

All of the above

7. The ________ zone would be included as part of the photic zone.

Oceanic

Intertidal

Neritic

All of the above

Even the oceanic zone would be a part of the photic zone because at the surface of the oceanic zone, sunlight would still penetrate.

Explanation

Even the oceanic zone would be a part of the photic zone because at the surface of the oceanic zone, sunlight would still penetrate.

8. The photic zone is one of the three __________ zones of the ocean.

Horizontal

Vertical

Newest

Largest

9. What does the depth of the photic zone depend on?

How many animals are in the zone

How many plants are in the zone

How clear or cloudy the water is

How sunny it is that day

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Photic Zone Quiz

1. True or False?You would see the organism in picture below in the photic zone.

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. True or False? You see the organism in the picture below in the photic zone.

3. True or False?Intertidal zones are located within the photic zone.

4. How deep does the photic zone extend?

5. What does the amount of sunlight in the photic zone determine?

6. The photic zone is found in what types of bodies of water?

7. The ________ zone would be included as part of the photic zone.

8. The photic zone is one of the three __________ zones of the ocean.

9. What does the depth of the photic zone depend on?

1. True or False?

You would see the organism in picture below in the photic zone.

3. True or False?

Intertidal zones are located within the photic zone.