Kelp Forest Habitat Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. The leaflike blade of a kelp plant and the stem
  2. 2. The part of the seaweed that attaches it to the seafloor
  3. 4. Any of the large brown seaweeds, like Macrocystis
  4. 9. What giant kelp needs for growth (singular)
  5. 10. The kelp and other seaweeds belong in a large group of primitive plants called ______________
  6. 11. A large flat snail that eats kelp and is a preferred prey of sea otters
  7. 13. Common name for large ocean plants
  8. 14. A characteristic (body part, behavior or other) that helps a plant or animal survive
  9. 17. Abbreviation for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
  10. 21. Common sea star found in kelp forests
  11. 22. Organism that causes the decay of dead plant and animal matter
  12. 23. An animal that kills and eats animals
  13. 24. Of the sea
  14. 25. All of the plants and animals living in a specific area
  15. 26. Scientific name of giant kelp
Down
  1. 1. How barnacles eat
  2. 3. How green plants use sunlight to produce food
  3. 5. an animal that is killed and eaten by a predator
  4. 6. An animal without a backbone
  5. 7. The top part of the kelp forest
  6. 8. Where a plant or animal lives
  7. 12. Decorator crabs are bottom-dwelling or ________
  8. 15. ________________ seaweed: a piece of seaweed that has broken its attachment and floats freely with the ocean currents
  9. 16. Life forms that produce their own food through photosynthesis
  10. 18. Marine mammals found in the kelp forests off the coast of Monterey
  11. 19. A spiny sea ______ lives at the bottom of the kelp forest
  12. 20. A predatory crustacean
  13. 21. The leaflike part of a seaweed
  14. 23. Tiny plants and animals that swim weakly or drift with ocean currents