The Ocean

9. The amount of force ocean water presses upon objects with
11. Flat area of the ocean floor
13. A pathway that shows how energy passes from one organism to another
15. An animal that only eats meat
16. The rise and fall of the ocean level near the coastline
17. An animal that gets its energy by eating plants and other animals
18. A mixture of sand, mud and rocks found on the ocean floor
21. An organism that gets its energy by breaking down dead plants and animals
22. A ridge on the surface of the water (caused by the wind)
23. Deep crack in the ocean floor
25. Caused by the gravitational pull of the moon

1. The steep drop-off in the seafloor
2. A warm ocean current in the North Atlantic Ocean
3. Many food chains connected in an ecosystem
4. Tiny, floating organisms that produce their own food
5. An area where living and nonliving things interact
6. A body of water moving in a certain direction
7. An animal that only eats plants
8. An organism that uses energy from the sun to make its own food
10. An animal that eats both meat and plants
12. Pile of sand and sediments at the base (bottom) of the steep slope; curves down from the slope to the ocean floor.
14. The bottom of the ocean
19. A large body of salt water bordering large land masses
20. The amount of salt dissolved in water
24. The land around the edge of a continent that is under the shallowest water