APES: Chapter 6: Aquatic Life Zones Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 1. lake with a moderate level of plant nutrients.
- 3. lake with a large supply of plant nutrients.
- 7. warm nutrient rich shallow part of the ocean that extends from high tide to the edge of the continental shelf.
- 8. measure of how cloudy water is.
- 9. lake with a low supply of plant nutrients.
- 11. over nourishment of aquatic ecosystems with plant nutrients from humans.
- 15. strongly swimming organisms found in aqautic systems.
- 16. small plant and animal organisms that float in aquatic systems.
- 20. oceans and bays, estuaries, coastal wetlands, shorelines and coral reefs.
- 21. an area at the mouth of a river built up by deposited sediments.
- 22. lies beyond the continental drift, the open ocean.
- 23. partially enclosed coastal area at the mouth of a river where freshwater mixes with salt water.
- 24. area of shoreline between low and high
Down
- 2. increasing levels of acid in the world's oceans due to too much CO2 released into the atmosphere.
- 4. organisms that digest parts of dead organisms, breaking down nutrients.
- 5. land along the coastline inland from an estuary that is covered with saltwater all or part of the year.
- 6. freshwater from precipitation that flows on the surface of the earth.
- 10. land away from the coast that is covered all or part of the time with freshwater.
- 12. marine and freshwater portions of the biosphere.
- 13. bottom dwelling organisms.
- 14. movement of nutrient rich bottom water to the ocean's surface.
- 17. land area that delivers water, sediment, and dissolved substance via small streams.
- 18. periodic flow of water on and off the shores produced by the gravitational pull of the moon.
- 19. water that contains less than 1% salt by volume, accumulates or flows of the surface of terrestrial biomes.