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