Marine Ecology Vocabulary Quiz

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Across
  1. 2. The pelagic environment above the continental shelf
  2. 5. The study of the interactions between organisms and their environment
  3. 7. The full range of ecological characteristics of a species, like its feeding habits, specific habitat and reproductive strategy
  4. 8. Each of the steps in a food chain
  5. 11. The elimination of one species by another as a result of competition
  6. 12. The pelagic environment from a depth of 4,000 m to 6,000 m
  7. 13. The bottom above the continental shelf
  8. 15. The pelagic environment from a depth of 1,000 m to 4,000 m
  9. 17. When changes in the abundance of an organism result in changes at other trophic levels of the food chain
  10. 19. The type of symbiosis in which both partners benefit from the relationship
  11. 23. Unrestricted population growth where the population grows at a faster rate with each successive generation
  12. 24. A non-living (physical or chemical) component of the environment
  13. 25. The area between the highest and lowest tide
  14. 27. The pyramid like relationship found in the pyramids of biomass, energy, and numbers of organisms in a food chain
  15. 29. The pelagic environment below 6,000 m
Down
  1. 1. The total amount, or biomass, of an organism at a given time
  2. 3. Organisms that live in the water column, away from the bottom, including the plankton and nekton
  3. 4. The interaction that results when a resource is in short supply and one organism uses the resource at the expense of another
  4. 6. The pelagic environment from a depth of approximately 200 m to 1,000 m
  5. 9. The pelagic environment from the surface to a depth of 100 to 200 m
  6. 10. The amount of organic carbon left over to fuel the food web after accounting for producer’s energetic needs
  7. 14. The type of symbiosis in which one partner, the parasite, derives benefit from the other, the host
  8. 16. The sharing of resources by specialization
  9. 18. The maximum population size that can be sustained by the available resources in a given environment
  10. 20. The pelagic environment beyond the shelf break
  11. 21. The total mass of living organisms
  12. 22. Organisms that live on the bottom
  13. 26. All of the interconnecting feeding relationships in a community
  14. 28. A living component of an environment