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Across
  1. 3. Another name for ocean basin
  2. 5. Living
  3. 7. The deepest part of the ocean
  4. 10. zone The area between high tide and low tide
  5. 11. zone This actually includes the entire ocean floor, from the shallow intertidal zone to the deep ocean basin
  6. 13. The food-making process on which most living things depend
  7. 15. A fibrous pad of tissue that anchors kelp and rockweed to a rocky surface
  8. 16. Organisms that inhabit the benthic zone
  9. 17. zone The life zone beyond the subtidal zone, it is the region of water that lies above the continental shelf
  10. 18. A long line of seaweed and debris deposited on the beach during high tide
  11. 19. zone A region that contains characteristic organisms that interact with one another and with their environment
  12. 20. zone The area above the intertidal zone, up to the sand dunes
  13. 22. zone (photic means “light”) The part of the ocean that light penetrates
  14. 23. The living creatures in an ecosystem
Down
  1. 1. The general area or surroundings of a living thing
  2. 2. zone The largest life zone in the ocean, it covers the entire ocean of water above the sea bottom
  3. 4. Any characteristic of an organism that enables it to live successfully in its environment
  4. 6. zone The life zone that extends beyond the neritic zone and includes most of the open ocean
  5. 8. The study of relationships among living things and their environment
  6. 9. The study of relationships in the ocean biome
  7. 12. The part of the seafloor adjoining the continents
  8. 14. zone Below the low tide line, it includes an area of heavy wave impact and the sandy area beyond that
  9. 21. zone (aphotic means “no light”) The vast area of the ocean which is dark