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Question Set: Depth Zones

NGSS Crosscutting Concepts:

NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas:

  1. Complete Table 9.4. Remember that for every 10 m depth, pressure increases by 1 atm.
     
  2. Using Table 9.4, create a graph of depth (on the X-axis) vs. pressure (on the Y-axis). Label the five zones on your graph. Describe the patterns you observe in your graph.
     
  3. What factors can affect the depth of the epipelagic and the mesopelagic zones?

 

Table 9.4. Summary of depth zones
Depth Zone Depth
(m)		 Pressure Range
(atm)		 Average Temperature
(ºC)		 Light Intensity
Epipelagic        
Mesopelagic        
Bathypelagic        
Abyssopelagic        
Hadopelagic        

 

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