Directions: Copy table and picture below! Then in the picture, write next to the zone where each organism is located. Marine Organisms: Are classified depending on their habitats (Where they live). Three Types of Marine Organisms: Benthos, Nekton, and Plankton Organisms. Marine Organism Description Habitat Zone Examples Benthos Organisms Don’t Swim. Freely move or attach themselves on the seafloor. Benthic Zone Sea Stars Clams Seaweed Nekton Organisms Active Swimmers. Free swimmers that can move themselves through ocean currents. Pelagic Zone Fishes Marine Mammals Squids Plankton Organisms Drifter/Floaters on ocean surface. Float with the ocean current, but can’t move through them. Photic Zone Zooplankton (Animals) Pytoplankton (Plants)
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Directions: Copy table and picture below! Then in the picture, write next to the zone where each organism is located.
Marine Organisms: Are classified depending on their habitats (Where they live).
Three Types of Marine Organisms: Benthos, Nekton, and Plankton Organisms.
Marine Organism Description Habitat Zone Examples
Benthos Organisms
Don’t Swim.Freely move or attach
themselves on the seafloor.Benthic Zone
Sea StarsClams
Seaweed
NektonOrganisms
Active Swimmers. Free swimmers that can move
themselves through ocean currents.
Pelagic ZoneFishes
Marine MammalsSquids
PlanktonOrganisms
Drifter/Floaters on ocean surface. Float with the ocean
current, but can’t move through them.
Photic ZoneZooplankton (Animals)Pytoplankton (Plants)
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