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The Sunlight Zone Very first layer The water is more clear than the others Has direct sunlight The warmest layer Most animal and plant life found here Some animals include: crabs, coral reef, variety of fish, and jellyfish
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Layers of the Deep Blue Sea
How many layers do you think the ocean has?
The ocean has exactly 5 layers!
The Sunlight Zone Very first layer
The water is more clear than the others Has direct sunlight The warmest layer
Most animal and plant life found hereSome animals include: crabs, coral reef, variety of fish, and
jellyfish
Twilight Zone• Middle of water
• Barely any sunlight • See glowing lights of
creatures• Variety of weird creatures• Creatures have bigger eyes here so they can see through
the darkness
Midnight Zone
• Third layer• Dark- only light comes from creatures• Freezing temperature• Makes up 90% of the ocean• Bacteria live here• No plants can live down here• Very close to the Earth’s crust• Some exotic animals include: angler
fish, sea cucumber, and snipe eel.
Abyssal Zone
• Pitch black- no light at all
• Not many creatures down here
• Freezing temperatures
• Ocean floor is within this zone
• Some creatures found here are tiny squids.
The Trenches Very last layerVery bottom of the
oceanCold temperatures like
the Abyssal ZoneIn trenches (ditches)
and in canyons at the bottom of the ocean
Very little animal lifeStarfish and tube
worms are found here
Resources http://
www.deepseamonsters.com/component/content/article/61-layers-of-the-ocean.html
http://www.mbgnet.net/salt/oceans/zone.htm http://www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/ocean/sunlit/ http://www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/ocean/twilight/ http://www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/ocean/midnight/