Across
- 3. Marine organisms that live on the sea bottom
- 7. A type of plankton that acts like an animal, migrating up and down the water column
- 9. A species very tolerant of salinity changes
- 10. When a fish or marine mammal has a light-colored underbelly that helps them sneak up on prey
- 11. Living factors in an environment
- 13. Non-Living factors in an environment
- 14. A marine organism with a mucus sac to capture tiny particles of food
- 17. A species that is NOT tolerant of salinity changes
- 18. A process that carries cold, nutrient rich water upward to more shallow waters
- 20. A word that means under the tide
- 21. Coiled, harpoon like filaments that help protect coral
- 22. This is a chemical in epipelagic fish that provides warmth and oxygen
- 23. A type of coral structure that looks like a big rock
Down
- 1. Marine organisms that are not able to swim against the current
- 2. The placement of photophores on the underbelly of fish
- 4. A microscopic animal that lives interstitially
- 5. A type of plankton that acts like a plant, undergoing photosynthesis
- 6. A type of coral that grows out in all directions
- 8. Marine organisms that are able to swim against the ocean
- 12. A type of coral structure that resembles leaves
- 15. When this phytoplankton die, they appear opaque, like a white cloud.
- 16. Most estuaries are thought to have formed as a result these melting
- 19. What happens to the health of corals when the temperature of seawater rises above 35 degrees Celsius?