Ocean Water & Life

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Across
  1. 5. layer of ocean water with rapid change in density
  2. 7. includes any sea-bottom surface
  3. 9. feeding stages associated with energy consumed and lost
  4. 12. includes the deep-ocean floor
  5. 17. shallow mixed area in the open ocean
  6. 18. describes the higher latitude water column
  7. 20. contributes to increasing salinity
  8. 22. animal plankton
  9. 25. land between high and low tides
  10. 28. productivity is limited by lack of this in the tropics
  11. 29. top carnivores feeding on a number of different animals
  12. 30. factor that influences photosynthetic productivity
  13. 31. seawater seeps through cracks in the crust
Down
  1. 1. light energy converts water and CO2 into glucose
  2. 2. depth where animals swim or float freely
  3. 3. sequence of organisms through which energy is transferred
  4. 4. NaCl or common table salt
  5. 6. area where the thermocline and pycnocline are located in the open ocean
  6. 8. ocean area covering the continental shelf
  7. 10. swimming ocean organisms
  8. 11. mass per unit volume
  9. 13. all organisms that drift with ocean currents
  10. 14. layer of ocean water with a rapid change in temperature
  11. 15. organisms living on or in the ocean bottom
  12. 16. production of organic compounds from inorganic substances
  13. 19. varied water temperature is primarily a function of this
  14. 21. total amount of solid material dissolved in water
  15. 23. algea and photosynthetic plankton
  16. 24. upper part of the ocean where sunlight penetrates
  17. 26. organic molecules created using chemical energy
  18. 27. contributes to decreasing salinity