Question

Small pools of water with ocean life.
One day, while walking along the coast, you encounter the area pictured here. You notice that most of the water is gone at low tide and that an abundance of life lives in this area.

To which ocean zone does this area belong?

intertidal zone
open-ocean zone
neritic zone
estuary zone

Answer 1

intertidal zone

Tide pools form in the intertidal (littoral) zone — the shore area that's exposed at low tide and submerged at high tide, home to many organisms adapted to changing conditions.