Deep Ocean Animals Adaptations
In this lesson students consider the diversity of animals in the deep ocean noting similarities and variations in how animals have adapted to their deep ocean environment.
Deep ocean animals adaptations. The deep-sea is cold dark and mysterious but its creatures are known for their amazing adaptations. Deep-sea hot springs recently discovered along the axes of ridge and rise systems support unique communities of deep-sea animals and bacteria. Encourage students to think about adaptations in marine animals related to obtaining food providing camouflage or safety from predators or dealing with changes in temperature salinity pressure lack of sunlight and need for oxygen.
They have strong shells that protect them from wave action drying out and the prying beaks of predators. But deep ocean animals such as this Barreleye fish have evolved excellent eyes for seeing in near-total darkness. Deep Ocean Animal Adaptations These lessons are part of a deep ocean unit.
Deep ocean animals adaptations. Connection to NGSS -. In future lessons students will research rocky shore animals to compare animals in these 2 habitats.
Animals adapt to their environments to help them survive. 8 12 x 11 blank paper pencil colored pencils ruler or straight edge. Contains a chart for students to label the different zones of the ocean as well as a chart to keep track of different animalcreature adaptations in different zones.
Many shellfish like. In some other deep-sea fishes eyes are very small as they are of little apparent use and still others are without eyes. In the deep sea animals bodies are often transparent eg Squid and Jelly fishes.
4000 m 6000 m and Hadal from 6000 m and below zones Pelagic division includes Mesopelagic 200. First off the deep ocean is dark because sunlight cant penetrate very far into the water. Sunlight penetrates here it requires less specialization for seeing.