EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Jellyfish inhabit all the world’s oceans and can withstand a wide range of temperatures and salinities. Most live in shallow coastal waters, but a few inhabit depths of 12, 000 feet.

Detailed explanation-2: -The epipelagic zone is the part of the ocean which extends from the surface of the ocean to a depth of about 650 feet. It has high light levels and this light supports the process of photosynthesis.

Detailed explanation-3: -They are found in oceans all over the world: at the surface, deep beneath the sea, in warm water, in cold water, some species of hydrozoa even live in freshwater! Jellyfish are plankton-they’re drifters.

Detailed explanation-4: -Most jellyfish species live in what is known as the ocean’s “Twilight Zone.” Little is known about this ocean region since it is vastly underexplored, but Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is on a mission to change that.