Question

select the correct answer. which is the correct sequence of pelagic zones in increasing order of depth? a. bathypelagic, hadopelagic, mesopelagic, abyssopelagic, epipelagic b. bathypelagic, epipelagic, mesopelagic, hadopelagic, abyssopelagic c. epipelagic, mesopelagic, bathypelagic, abyssopelagic, hadopelagic d. epipelagic, bathypelagic, mesopelagic hadopelagic, abyssopelagic

Explanation:

The epipelagic zone is the shallowest (sunlight zone), followed by the mesopelagic (twilight zone), then bathypelagic (midnight zone), then abyssopelagic (abyssal zone), and the deepest is the hadopelagic (trenches).

Answer:

C. epipelagic, mesopelagic, bathypelagic, abyssopelagic, hadopelagic