Question

What is the pelagic zone?

• A. The area of the sea basin with no light penetration.
• B. The waters contained in the sea basin.
• C. The area above the continental shelf only.
• D. The deep open sea beyond the continental shelf.

Answer 1

Answer:

B. The waters contained in the sea basin.

• The waters contained in the sea basin, constitute the pelagic zone which is divided into the neritic zone situated above the sublittoral zone or the continental shelf starting from the edge of the littoral sea and extending up to the edge of the continental shelf, to a depth of 200 m.

• Beyond this is the deep open sea of the oceanic zone which is divided on the basis of light penetration