Marine Science Vocab

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