Across
- 3. a slimy lubricating and cleansing secretion
- 5. an ocean bottom sediment consisting of 30% or more foram skeletons
- 6. a type of radiolarian skeleton composed of silicon and possessing long needles which pass through the organism to the outside surface
- 7. bottom dwelling organisms
- 9. inhabiting the open water of the ocean, rather than the bottom of the shore
- 10. a foram that secrets several chambers
- 11. structures used by radiolarians to aid in controlling their depth in the water column
- 14. the process by which a species becomes better suited to survive in an environment
- 17. an organic matrix with embedded grains of sand
- 18. tiny hairlike projections; used for locomotion in some one-celled organisms
- 20. the inner portion of the radiolarian's cytoplasm that is nucleated
- 23. a hard outer covering
Down
- 1. the process of using food material produced by other organisms
- 2. small cavities that may contain secretions of the protoplasm or substances
- 4. the area from the water surface to the bottom
- 8. a foram that secrets a single chamber
- 11. the outer portion of the radiolarian's cytoplasm
- 12. a type of radiolarian skeleton which is delicate and lace-like
- 13. symbiotic one-celled algae found in coral, sea anemones, mollusks, and other types of marine organisms
- 15. very small particles of the decaying remains of dead plants and animals; an important source of food for many animals
- 16. a "false foot" formed by an extension of cytoplasm. it servers as a means of locomotion and a way of surrounding and thereby absorbing food
- 19. small plants and animals floating in the upper layers of the water column
- 21. the relationship in which 2 organisms live together in close association
- 22. a "container" within which a tintinnid is housed. It is either secreted by the organism or composed of foreign material cemented together