AP Bio Chapter 52 Vocab Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. the long-term prevailing weather conditions at a locality
  2. 3. the narrow top layer of an ocean or lake, where light penetrates sufficiently for photosynthesis to occur
  3. 4. a natural or human-caused event that changes a biological community and usually removes organisms from it
  4. 7. nonliving; referring to physical and chemical properties of an environment
  5. 9. most of the ocean's waters far from shore, constantly mixed by ocean currents
  6. 11. a plot of the temperature and precipitation in a particular region
  7. 12. the mixing of waters as a result of changing water-temperature profiles in a lake
  8. 14. the uppermost layer of vegetation in a terrestrial biome
  9. 15. the transition from one type of habitat or ecosystem to another, such as the transition from a forest to a grassland
  10. 17. a narrow stratum of rapid temperature change in the ocean and in many temperate-zone lakes
  11. 18. the part of the ocean's benthic zone between 2,000 and 6,000 m deep
Down
  1. 1. very fine scale patterns of climate, such as the specific climatic conditions underneath a log
  2. 5. the bottom surface of an aquatic environment
  3. 6. pertaining to the living organisms in the environment
  4. 8. dead organic matter
  5. 10. the part of an ocean or lake beneath the photic zone, where light does not penetrate sufficiently for photosynthesis to occur
  6. 13. the communities of organisms living in the benthic zone of an aquatic biome
  7. 16. the study of how organisms interact with each other and their environment