Across
- 2. zone that includes the entire ocean floor
- 3. deepest part of the ocean
- 5. below the upper intertidal zone
- 7. zone that is the entire ocean of water above sea bottom
- 8. place where an organism is typically found
- 10. any characteristic of an organism that enables it to live successfully in its environment
- 12. girl on page 9 of your notes packet
- 13. region of crashing waves along a sandy beach
- 14. wave splash zone on rocky beaches
- 16. organisms that inhabit the benthic zone
- 18. first name of wrestler on page 11 of your notes packet
- 19. zone located between high tide and low tide
- 21. zone of the ocean that light penetrates
- 22. relatively shallow part of the seafloor that adjoins continents
- 23. very productive zone of the ocean
Down
- 1. zone on the coast that remains underwater
- 3. nonliving components of an ecosystem
- 4. crab named after an insect on page 3 of your notes packet
- 6. pattern of distinct bands, or zone, of habitats along a coast
- 9. below the mid-intertidal zone
- 11. region that contains characteristic organisms that interact with one another and with their environment
- 12. zone above the intertidal zone, up to the sand dunes
- 15. zone below the photic zone, which is dark
- 17. long line of seaweed and debris deposited on the beach
- 20. shores made up of solid rock
