Question

The picture shows the ocean floor topography.



At which point would a scientist be least likely to find plant life?

Y


V


X


W

Answer 1

Y

Plant life (photosynthetic organisms) needs sunlight, which only reaches the upper ~200 m (the photic zone). Point Y is in the deepest, darkest part of the seafloor (below the photic zone), so plants would be least likely there.