Interesting Facts About The Twilight Zone
- Plants can not grow in the twilight zone, sunlight is an important ingredient to plant life and there is barely any in the twilight zone
- The creatures of the twilight zone are bioluminescent meaning the emission of light from living organisms
- Photosynthesis is the process by which plants use the sunlight to make their own food, but photosynthesis requires the sun of which there is barely any in the twilight zone
- The twilight zone is the middle zone of the ocean not recieving much light
- The twilight zone is called the disphotic zone (disphotic means "poorly lit" in Greek) or the mesopelagic zone (mesopelagic means "middle sea").
- Some animals can live in more than one zone
- The twilight, mesopelagic, and (or) disphotic zone bordes the sunlight or epipelagic zone and the midnight or bathypelagic zone
Definitions:
Mesopelagic- of or relating to oceanic
depths from about 600 feet to 3000 feet
Bioluminescent- the emission of light
from living organisms
Bizarre- odd, extravagant, or
eccentric in style or mode
Bizarre- involving sensational contrasts or incongruities
Epipelagic- of relating to, or constituting the part of the
oceanic zone into which enough light penetrates for photosynthesis