Life in the Fathoms Vocab

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Across
  1. 6. People who study living organisms in the ocean
  2. 10. To change back and forth
  3. 11. Living structures made up of systems working together
  4. 13. The act of traveling from one location to another
  5. 15. The area of the ocean between the surface and 200 meters in depth
  6. 19. How something is impacted
  7. 20. An area where salt water and fresh water meet
  8. 21. A characteristic that adjusts to the environment or situation
Down
  1. 1. Taking in
  2. 2. Loose or broken down natural material
  3. 3. The protection of species and their environments
  4. 4. The ability for an organism to generate light
  5. 5. A level of a food web where all the organisms are the same level away from the primary producers
  6. 7. The area of the ocean between 4000 and 6000 meters in depth
  7. 8. Having a close, cooperative relationship
  8. 9. Second in order or importance
  9. 12. Types of trees or shrubs with roots that provide a place for underwater ecosystems
  10. 14. First in order or importance
  11. 16. The result of an affect, or impact
  12. 17. Systems formed by the interaction of communities of organisms with their environments
  13. 18. Occurring all the time