2/28/12 A/B DayLEQ: How do we classify the different parts of marine environments and what makes each one unique?

1. What is salinity?2. Where do benthos organisms live?3. What makes an organism a plankton?4. What is special about nekton?5. List one example of a benthos, a plankton, and a nekton.

Today’s LEQ: How do we classify the different parts of marine environments and what makes them unique?

By the end of today, you should be able to…

1. Identify the three different parts of the ocean ecosystem

2. Explain key facts and occurrences for each of the three parts of the ocean

Focus Vocabulary:

117. Intertidal Zone118. Neritic Zone 119. Oceanic Zone120. Estuary 121. Upwelling122. Hydrothermal vent

Intertidal Zone

Neritic Zone

Oceanic Zone

Intertidal Zone

Neritic Zone

Oceanic Zone

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Neritic Zone

Oceanic Zone

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Instructions:1. Use your diagram to identify the paragraph that

describes each zone.2. On the back of your paper, write 4 key points that

you learned from the reading about each zone 3. Write the key vocabulary word for each zone—BE

SURE TO INCLUDE THE DEFINITION AND OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION!

4. Use this new knowledge to draw/label the following into your notes:

Coral reef Kelp forest Starfish SharkWhale Area where producers must live

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Oceanic Zone

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Name that zone: Intertidal

Discovery Education:

The intertidal zone: the endless voyage ebb and flow

Name that zone: Neritic

Discovery Education:

Neritic Zone

Name that zone: Oceanic

Discovery Education:

Hunting in the Open Ocean

Where do I belong?!

Think-Pair-Share:

If YOU were an ocean zone, which one would

you be and why?!

Intertidal Zone

Neritic Zone

Oceanic Zone

Estuaries

Discovery Education

The importance of the estuary ecosystem

Intertidal Zone

Neritic Zone

Oceanic Zone

Estuaries

Upwellings

Intertidal Zone

Neritic Zone

Oceanic Zone

Estuaries

Upwellings

Hydrothermal Vent

Discovery Education:

Hydrothermal Vents: chemistry and circulation

Think-Pair-ShareWould you rather explore an

estuary, witness an upwelling, or see a

hydrothermal vent?

WHY?

SummarizerIn 5-7 sentences, explain how we classify the different types of marine (ocean) environments and what makes each zone unique.

Your paragraph MUST include the following vocabulary:

Intertidal Neritic OceanicEstuary Upwelling Hydrothermal Vent