Kelp Forest Habitat Crossword

1. The leaflike blade of a kelp plant and the stem
2. The part of the seaweed that attaches it to the seafloor
4. Any of the large brown seaweeds, like Macrocystis
9. What giant kelp needs for growth (singular)
10. The kelp and other seaweeds belong in a large group of primitive plants called ______________
11. A large flat snail that eats kelp and is a preferred prey of sea otters
13. Common name for large ocean plants
14. A characteristic (body part, behavior or other) that helps a plant or animal survive
17. Abbreviation for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
21. Common sea star found in kelp forests
22. Organism that causes the decay of dead plant and animal matter
23. An animal that kills and eats animals
24. Of the sea
25. All of the plants and animals living in a specific area
26. Scientific name of giant kelp

1. How barnacles eat
3. How green plants use sunlight to produce food
5. an animal that is killed and eaten by a predator
6. An animal without a backbone
7. The top part of the kelp forest
8. Where a plant or animal lives
12. Decorator crabs are bottom-dwelling or ________
15. ________________ seaweed: a piece of seaweed that has broken its attachment and floats freely with the ocean currents
16. Life forms that produce their own food through photosynthesis
18. Marine mammals found in the kelp forests off the coast of Monterey
19. A spiny sea ______ lives at the bottom of the kelp forest
20. A predatory crustacean
21. The leaflike part of a seaweed
23. Tiny plants and animals that swim weakly or drift with ocean currents