Tropical Connections Chapter 1 Part 1

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Across
  1. 3. Water, usually storm runoff, flowing in a thin layer over the ground surface
  2. 5. the steady flow of surface ocean water in a prevailing direction
  3. 6. A tropical or subtropical marine swamp distinguished by the abundance of low to tall trees, especially mangrove trees.
  4. 8. A body of permeable rock that can contain or transmit groundwater.
  5. 10. A group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding
  6. 11. The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates
  7. 12. Deplete the stock of fish in (a body of water) by too much fishing
  8. 15. A piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water.
  9. 17. The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem
  10. 19. a reef consisting of coral consolidated into limestone
  11. 21. aquatic eukaryotic organisms ranging from microscopic single-celled forms to multicellular forms
  12. 22. An area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas.
Down
  1. 1. A term in the federal law governing fisheries management that refers to the physical environment necessary to support a sustainable fishery and the managed species' contribution to a healthy ecosystem.
  2. 2. All the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country.
  3. 4. A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment
  4. 7. a scientist who studies physical and biological aspects of the seas
  5. 9. The tidal mouth of a river, where the tide meets the stream.
  6. 13. a lake in southeast Florida that extends to the north of the Everglades.
  7. 14. the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism
  8. 16. An area of low-lying, uncultivated ground where water collects; a bog or marsh.
  9. 17. The bottom of a sea or lake
  10. 18. Land consisting of marshes or swamps; saturated land.
  11. 20. A hard sedimentary rock, composed mainly of calcium carbonate or dolomite, used as building material and in the making of cement