Across
- 2. wetland without trees
- 8. the area where the water gets colder
- 9. the submarine that discovered deep-sea thermal vent communities
- 12. one of the best known marine ecosystems
- 13. the deepest known part of the earth
- 15. relating to heat
- 19. places in a shore line that are flooded during high tide leaving some water in them during low tide
- 21. shallow wetlands flooded regularly
- 23. relating to the top of the sea
- 24. the chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life
Down
- 1. the path of water through our environment
- 3. an individual plant, animal, or single celled organism
- 4. occurring at the bottom of a body of water
- 5. bays where rivers empty into the sea
- 6. similar to bogs but mainly filled by groundwater
- 7. meaning mild temperatures exist there
- 10. the variety of life in an ecosystem
- 11. a plant or animal growing or living in water
- 13. caused by elevated water temperatures
- 14. free-floating photosynthetic plants
- 16. areas of saturated ground
- 17. trees that grow out of salt water
- 18. a simple and typically aquatic plant
- 20. wooded wetlands
- 22. relating in the open sea