Aquatic Ecosystems Notes Scavenger Hunt

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Across
  1. 2. partially enclosed body of water where fresh water meets salt water
  2. 4. ________ zone that is nearest the shore
  3. 6. animal like plankton
  4. 7. zone that is warm and sunlit
  5. 9. measures water cloudiness
  6. 10. area smaller than a lake that is naturally filled with water
  7. 12. bottom dwelling organisms
  8. 14. areas containing soils that are usually waterlogged
  9. 16. landform at river mouths formed by deposited sediment
  10. 18. organisms that break down dead organisms and waste and cycle it back to the water
Down
  1. 1. availability of _______ decreases with water depth
  2. 3. Many aphotic zone species are ________ and can produce and emit light
  3. 5. the amount of dissolved salt in the water
  4. 8. fissures in the abyssal plain where heated water and minerals are released
  5. 10. plant like plankton
  6. 11. these lakes have water with very high turbidity
  7. 13. these lakes have water with very low turbidity
  8. 15. small, free floating or weakly swimming organisms
  9. 17. zone that is an open water area too deep for emergent plants