Ashenfelter Marine Ecology - Polar Seas

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Across
  1. 2. due to these what happens in the arctic doesn't stay in the arctic, these are global.
  2. 3. this is the ice that forms on the surface of the ocean, and melts somewhat (and more and more) during the summer
  3. 5. the seals polar bears really like to eat
  4. 6. polar bears are evolved for walking on ice, but also for ________ in the ocean to hunt.
  5. 9. melting of this ice does not cause sea levels to rise because it is already in the water
  6. 12. the more sea ice melt in the arctic (north) ocean in the summers opens up routes for more shipping and has political and ______ importance
  7. 14. this ice, found on land, is melting into the oceans and causing seal level rise
  8. 15. penguins exhibit this type of coloration that we have learned about before in ocean animals
Down
  1. 1. this is a land continent with huge mountains covered in glaciers
  2. 4. is a region on earth with no native human inhabitants
  3. 7. are aquatic birds that live in only the southern hemisphere
  4. 8. this region is an ocean surrounded by land
  5. 10. thermal ______ or the way that water takes up more space when it is warmer is another main cause of sea levels rising with climate change
  6. 11. sea ice reforms in the arctic during the winter but it is not _____-year so it is thinner and less diverse habitat
  7. 13. the skin of a polar bear is this color, thought to help them absorb heat energy