Marine Science Vocab

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