Marine Science Vocab

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Across
  1. 5. mechanisms that protect an animals internal environment
  2. 6. the total quantity or concentration of all dissolved inorganic solids in seawater
  3. 7. process that allows fish to use active transport to adjust water concentration
  4. 9. substance that is dissolved
  5. 10. cannot see different parts; tea, coffee
  6. 11. the continuous flow of elements and compounds between organisms and the earth
  7. 13. a layer in the ocean where the temperature rapidly decreases with depth
  8. 15. substance in which another substance is dissolved
  9. 17. a layer of water in which the density increases rapidly with depth
Down
  1. 1. organisms that have their internal salinity rise and fall along the water salinity
  2. 2. water attracted to water
  3. 3. universal solvent
  4. 4. a layer of water on which salinity increases rapidly with depth
  5. 7. the diffusion of water
  6. 8. water attracted to other substances
  7. 12. can see different parts; salad, cereal
  8. 14. the degree of compactness and consistency of a substance and affected by salinity
  9. 16. slightly negative and slightly positive
  10. 17. a scale used to specify the acidity or basicity of a solution