Ocean Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 2. the dissolved salt of a body of water
- 3. a ring-shaped coral reef, island, or series of islets
- 5. when the ocean comes in and out
- 8. the continuous, predictable, directional movement of seawater driven by gravity, wind
- 9. flat areas, usually between the continental rise and the mid-ocean ridges or ocean trenches
- 11. the area where the ocean meets the land between high and low tides
- 12. a collection of tiny organisms that live at and beneath the surface of lakes, rivers, ponds, and oceans across the planet
- 13. where waves steepen and break, and then re-form in their passage to the beach
Down
- 1. a seafloor mountain system formed by plate tectonics
- 4. the edge of a continent that lies under the ocean
- 5. extremely deep valleys, just in the ocean instead of on land.
- 6. a ridge of rock in the sea formed by the growth and deposit of coral.
- 7. the region where the water bodies such as lakes, seas, and oceans meet the land
- 10. when the ocean water comes to the shore constantly