Properties of Ecosystems Unit 3 Vocabulary Review

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Across
  1. 2. land along the banks of a river or stream
  2. 4. lake that is too shallow to have an aphotic zone
  3. 5. all the land drained by a particular river or body of water
  4. 7. the amount of debris deposited is equal to the amount removed
  5. 11. coral reef formed away from the shore
  6. 15. a meadow that may be flooded by seawater; dominated by sea grass
  7. 16. layer of water that sunlight is unable to penetrate; also called midnight zone
  8. 17. plants and animals that live on the ocean floor
  9. 19. area long shore that fills with water during high tide
  10. 23. the part of the shore that is covered with water at high tide and uncovered at low tide
  11. 26. sudden rapid growth of algae
  12. 27. ecosystem where fresh water flows into the ocean
  13. 28. coral reef formed by a sunken volcano
  14. 29. an organism's ability to produce its own light
  15. 30. condition in which coral expels its symbiotic algae
  16. 31. plants and animals that move with the ocean's currents
Down
  1. 1. layer of water that only a small amount of sunlight is able to penetrate; also called twilight zone
  2. 3. rapid exchange of cold and warm water regions within a lake
  3. 6. large body of fresh water
  4. 8. layer of water that sunlight is able to penetrate; also called sunlit zone
  5. 9. microscopic aquatic organisms that perform photosynthesis
  6. 10. coral reef attached to land
  7. 12. large flow of freshwater
  8. 13. an estuary flooded and drained by seawater; dominated by rushes
  9. 14. shore where the ocean meets the land
  10. 18. estuary dominated by mangrove trees
  11. 19. smaller stream or river that flows into a larger stream or river
  12. 20. small flow of freshwater
  13. 21. ecosystem that develops as you move inland from the shore
  14. 22. microscopic aquatic consumers
  15. 24. formation built from exoskeletons of coral
  16. 25. animals that freely move throughout the ocean