Q: Which ocean zone is the narrow strip along a coastline that is covered by water at high tide and exposed to air at low tide?


Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers:

One of the most familiar ocean zones is the intertidal zone. This is the narrow strip along a coastline that is covered by water at high tide and exposed to air at low tide. You can see an example of an intertidal zone in Figure below . There are plenty of nutrients and sunlight in the intertidal zone. Producers here include phytoplankton and algae. Other organisms include barnacles, snails, crabs, and mussels. They must have adaptations for the constantly changing conditions in this zone.

 Choices:

- miniscule zone

- calcareous zone

- deep zone

- intertidal zone


A:
intertidal zone