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This Department of Geospatial Science, Radford University website discusses the different zones in the ocean and what light or pressure is contained within the zones.
This video describes the differences between the different life zones in the ocean. It discusses the animals found in general in each zone.
The Wildlife Trusts website explains what a strandline is and why it is important along with all the life the strandline contains. It also discusses where the strandline will be found. The website also discusses what can be done to clean up the trash on the strandline.
This very brief ADictionary video gives the definition of strandline. There are no pictures.
This website explains the rocky shore habitat. There is an explanation of the supratidal zone and the subtidal zone. It discusses which animals would be best suited for each zone.
This Virtual Field Trips video shows what the supratidal, intertidal, and subtidal zones are on a beach.
The Smithsonian Science Education Center website explains what photosynthesis is and how plants use the process. It gives the chemical equation for photosynthesis.
This MonkeySee video explains photosynthesis and shows the chemical equation. It also talks briefly about the light reaction and the Calvin Cycle. The video also talks about the importance of photosynthesis.
The Science Encyclopedia website explains what the photic zone is and that the photic zone contains the primary producers that the food web depends on.
This video describes the photic zone and states where the photic zone is found. It discusses that most of the life in the ocean is found in this zone.
he Encyclopedia.com website gives the definition of aphotic zone and states that this zone extends downward from 1000 m and includes the abyssal zone.
This video does not include any talking, but includes the definition of aphotic zone. It also shows many of the organisms that are known to live in the aphotic zone. It briefly talks about the thermal vents in the deep ocean and how life would not be possible without them.
This World Landforms website gives the definition of an ocean basin and lists the two characteristics of an ocean basin. The website gives examples of the landform and discusses how ocean basins are formed.
This MooMooMath and Science video gives geologic definitions and discusses the formations of the basins.
The Extreme Science website defines abyssal plain and shows a creature that lives on the plain.
This is a created PowToon video about the abyssal zone. There is no talking but there are words here and there that show what the abyssal plain is about.
This Earth Rocks! video discusses nekton, benthos, and plankton. The video provides pictures of several organisms that are classified in each category.