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Sunlight Zone Surface to 600 feet deep Top layer, near the surface. Photosynthesis occurs here 90 % of all marine life lives here Most fish & plankton live here.
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The Ocean’s 3 Light Zones
Hey, who turned off the light?
Sunlight Zone• Surface to 600 feet deep• Top layer, near the surface.• Photosynthesis occurs here
• 90 % of all marine life lives here•Most fish & plankton live here.
Twilight Zone • Only a small amount of light• More pressure and colder
• No plant life•Only a few animals who have adapted to little light can survive here
• 600 feet to 3000 feet deep
Midnight Zone • Below 3000 feet
•No light• 90% of ocean is in this zone• Extreme water pressure• Freezing Temperatures•Not exactly cozy to most!
Life in the “Zone”Life in the “Zone”akathe
freak show!
Phytoplankton
Plantlike organisms
Produce much ofthe world’s oxygen through photosynthesis.
Act as the base of the ocean’s ecosystem & food chain.
Live in the sunlight zone.
Jelly Fish in the Twilight ZoneBioluminescence
These creatures make their own light!
Hatchetfish
In the Twilight Zone
Humboldt Squid
Gulper Eel Midnight Zone
Hairy Angler Fish – Midnight Zone
Tripod FishBeyond the Midnight Zone in the Abyss
Vampire Squid
Ha! Ha! I want your blood!!!
Giant Tube WormIn the Abyss
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