HHIS Marine Science Study Guide (Quarter 3)

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Across
  1. 4. phytoplankton needs this in order to photosynthesize and produce energy
  2. 8. when carbon dioxide is absorbed into the ocean and makes it more ____
  3. 11. type of coloration that allows an animal to blend into its environment
  4. 12. photosynthetic algae that give the color to coral.
  5. 14. unicellular plankton that have skeletons made of silica
  6. 15. some coral reproduce sexually by releasing sperm and eggs all at once.
  7. 16. multicellular colony of these form coral reefs.
  8. 17. this type of holoplankton is also the the type of plankton on spongebob
Down
  1. 1. a species found in such small numbers in high danger or becoming extinct
  2. 2. microscopic organisms that "drift" in the ocean.
  3. 3. this forms more slowly in winter and melts faster in summer up in the Arctic
  4. 5. sea level rise happens when ____ melt.
  5. 6. the type of zooplankton that become nektonic or benthic.
  6. 7. type of symbiotic relationship in which one benefits and the other is hurt
  7. 9. the smallest of the world's four major oceans
  8. 10. these ions are an important building block of shells and coral skeleton.
  9. 13. coral reefs flourish in clean, clear, shallow waters in _____ temperature.