Across
- 3. Tiniest organisms on the planet
- 4. The most diverse of the diapsids.
- 8. Type of hypothermal vent called “Lost City-Type"
- 9. Provides nutrients for the plants, like fertilizer for algae
- 12. Precipitates with calcium in the seawater and makes rock
- 15. What is another name for the 16S rRNA gene?
- 17. When did Placoderms become extinct?
- 18. Chemosynthetic hotspot that is 200 to 300 degrees Celsius
- 19. A pump that phosphorus, oxygen, nitrogen and other elements often go through
- 20. Deepest ocean basin
- 22. Living species of ray-finned fish
- 24. What part of a shark allows you to tell if it is male or female?
- 25. Consume methane and make an electron-rich intermediary
- 27. who said “Life is nothing but an electron looking for a place to rest”
- 28. Methane is the most prominent type
- 29. What type of pollution caused the expanding dead zones in the ocean?
Down
- 1. Might be among the oldest animals on Earth.
- 2. Place where there are negotiations going on to conserve the biodiversity in the high seas
- 5. A type of turtle which lived in South Africa, the largest known type of turtle
- 6. Spots with a lot of methane, ethane, and propane are coming out on the chemosynthetic hotspot
- 7. What extensive group of very successful amniotes are characterized by having 2 pairs pf opening behind the eyes?
- 8. Type of dinoflagellate
- 10. Microscopic organisms
- 11. effect in which animals eject their sperm and eggs and have a one in a million chance of having a baby
- 13. A group of animals that belong to a group of vertebrates that have eggs
- 14. The largest placoderm group; has heavy armor and powerful bony jaws.
- 16. Today, almost half of the world’s vertebrate species are what?
- 21. Older name for megalodon
- 23. ban After ten years of what ban, was there a 500% increase in abundance of fish?
- 26. People would go out in a boat in the 50s to Key West and fish for hours