Across
- 5. layer of ocean water with rapid change in density
- 7. includes any sea-bottom surface
- 9. feeding stages associated with energy consumed and lost
- 12. includes the deep-ocean floor
- 17. shallow mixed area in the open ocean
- 18. describes the higher latitude water column
- 20. contributes to increasing salinity
- 22. animal plankton
- 25. land between high and low tides
- 28. productivity is limited by lack of this in the tropics
- 29. top carnivores feeding on a number of different animals
- 30. factor that influences photosynthetic productivity
- 31. seawater seeps through cracks in the crust
Down
- 1. light energy converts water and CO2 into glucose
- 2. depth where animals swim or float freely
- 3. sequence of organisms through which energy is transferred
- 4. NaCl or common table salt
- 6. area where the thermocline and pycnocline are located in the open ocean
- 8. ocean area covering the continental shelf
- 10. swimming ocean organisms
- 11. mass per unit volume
- 13. all organisms that drift with ocean currents
- 14. layer of ocean water with a rapid change in temperature
- 15. organisms living on or in the ocean bottom
- 16. production of organic compounds from inorganic substances
- 19. varied water temperature is primarily a function of this
- 21. total amount of solid material dissolved in water
- 23. algea and photosynthetic plankton
- 24. upper part of the ocean where sunlight penetrates
- 26. organic molecules created using chemical energy
- 27. contributes to decreasing salinity