Across
- 3. Determining the location of objects by reflected sound.
- 5. This zone is the depth of the water nearest to the surface where enough light penetrates to allow photosynthesis.
- 6. The relation between two interdependent species of organisms.
- 8. Any animal lacking a backbone or notochord.
- 10. The degree or intensity of heat present in a substance or object, especially as expressed according to a comparative scale and shown by a thermometer or perceived by touch.
- 11. Single celled microscopic organisms that are found scattered throughout the photic zone.
- 12. The ability to glow in the dark; production of visible light by living organisms.
- 14. The total amount of dissolved salts in seawater, measured in parts per thousand.
Down
- 1. Zone known as the depths beyond which less than 1% of sunlight penetrates.
- 2. Marine mollusk characterized by well‐developed head and eyes and sucker‐bearing tentacles.
- 4. Process similar to photosynthesis but uses chemical energy instead of light energy to make food from the carbon in carbon dioxide.
- 5. Synthesis of compounds in plants aided by radiant energy.
- 7. Mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body.
- 9. Zone known as the twilight layer, this zone has only a small amount of light.
- 11. The continuous physical force exerted on or against an object by something in contact with it.
- 13. Invertebrate with a soft unsegmented body usually in a shell.
