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Open Ocean. Courtney Wood Period 3. Also known as: Pelagic Zone!. Example of Biome. Open Ocean or Pelagic Zone. Location of Biome. The open ocean is located passed the coastal waters. It is the deeper areas of the ocean. Anchors away!. Physical Characteristics. Temperature: 0° to 40° C - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Open Ocean
Courtney WoodPeriod 3
Also known
as: Pelagic
Zone!
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Example of Biome
Open Ocean or Pelagic Zone
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Location of Biome
• The open ocean is located passed the coastal waters.
• It is the deeper areas of the ocean
Anchors away!
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Physical Characteristics
• Temperature: 0° to 40° C• Salinity: 35 parts per thousand• Depth: The depth varies between
200 to 11,000 meters.• Water Flow: There are warm ocean
currents
Here fishy, fishy, fishy!
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Base of Food Web
• Phytoplankton are the base of the food web.
• The zooplankton eat the phytoplankton.
• The larger organisms eat the zooplankton.
Fish are friends, not food.
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Animals• Fish• Whales• Sharks• Squid• Dolphins• Plankton• Swordfish• Krill• Cuttlefish
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Zones
• Epipelagic Zone: 200 meters deep• Mesopelagic Zone: 200 to 1000
meters• Bathypelagic Zone: 1000 to 4000
meters• Abyssopelagic Zone: 4000 to 6000
meters• Hadopelagic Zone: greater than 6000
meters
Just keep swimming!
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Fun Facts
• Tsunamis are only 12 inches high in the open ocean!
• Ocean Acidification takes place here!• The deeper you go the colder it gets!• The deeper you go the less light
there is!
Brrrrr! I
wish I had fur!
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• "Whale." Photograph. Wallpaper Base. First Last. Web. 7 Oct 2011. <http://www.wallpaperbase.com/animals-whales.shtml>.
• "Swordfish." Photograph. 3rd Year work. First Last. Web. 7 Oct 2011. <http://thirdyearcarlos.blogspot.com/2010/11/modeling-for-deep-fish.html>.
• "Krill." Photograph. National Geographic. First Last. National Geographic Society, 2011. Web. 7 Oct 2011. <http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/krill/>.
• "Cuttlefish." Photograph. Tropical Fish. First Last. Web. 7 Oct 2011. <http://www.spindletopgirlssoftball.com/webdesign/nmonger/tropicalfish.htm>.
• "Shark." Photograph. Hoax Slayer. First Last. Web. 7 Oct 2011. <http://www.hoax-slayer.com/shark-behind-divers.shtml>.
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Bibliography pg. 2• "The Poor Little Squid." Photograph. Pete's Lighter Poems. First Last. Web. 7
Oct 2011. <http://petesverse.blogspot.com/2009/04/poor-little-squid.html>.
• "Bottlenose Dolphin." Photograph. Hi-tech Dolphin. First Last. Web. 7 Oct 2011. <http://www.hitech-dolphin.com/bottlenose-dolphin-pictures-2.html>.
• "The Open Ocean- Pelagic Zone." About.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Oct 2011. <http://marinelife.about.com/od/habitatprofiles/p/pelagiczone.htm>.