Across
- 3. the oceans cover about ______ percent of the Earth’s surface
- 5. sharp temperature boundary
- 10. “Get out of my wooded wetland!”
- 11. _______ affects the amount of oxygen that can be stored in water
- 12. the _______ redistributes water through our environment
- 13. shallow ecosystems in which land surface is saturated/submerged for a part of the year
- 15. noun for the act of being filtered through a thick or porous substance
Down
- 1. corals expel their algal partners and then die via _____
- 2. most marine communities depend on _______ organisms
- 4. special variety of trees that grow in salt water
- 6. the deepest ocean layers are called the _____ zone
- 7. depressions in a rocky shoreline
- 8. coral reefs and ______ are among the world’s most productive and diverse ecosystems
- 9. onions and ogres are like oceans, they have ____(s)
- 14. another name for water
