Introduction to Ocean Zones

Create a diagram of the ocean zones and
determine what organisms live in each zone. Students
will draw the appropriate scale to demark meters (and
conversion to feet) from 0-6000m and draw the zones
that correspond to the geological structures of the
ocean basin.
Objectives:Students will be able to:

  1. Measure and draw a scale in meters of ocean depths
    2.Identify ocean zones and geological structures in an
    ocean basin
    PROCEDURE
  2. Measure and label the meter scale on either side of
    the diagram from 0 m at the ocean surface down to
    6,000 meters and the geological structures of the
    ocean basin (continental shelf, slope, rise and abyssal
    plain).
  3. work at the top of the diagram, drawing the surface
    of the ocean and structures found at the surface (lie, a
    ship, a sailboat).
  4. work on the bottom of the diagram, drawing a
    seamount, trench, hydrothermal vents Labels and
    features to include on diagram: Photic (sunlit) zone
    Aphotic (no light) zone, Neritic system Benthic zone,

Sample Solution