Across
- 5. the oceans cover about ______ percent of the Earth’s surface
- 6. the deepest ocean layers are called the _____ zone
- 7. the _______ redistributes water through our environment
- 8. a large store of something (typically water)
- 9. “sea” in Greek
- 13. _____ islands popular for real estate development
- 15. noun for the act of being filtered through a thick or porous substance
- 16. another name for water
- 18. occupied by a variety of snails, burrowing worms, fish, and other organisms
- 19. similar to bog except they are mainly fed by groundwater
- 20. depressions in a rocky shoreline
- 22. onions and ogres are like oceans, they have ____(s)
Down
- 1. corals expel their algal partners and then die via _____
- 2. a chemical sometimes used to disinfect drinking water supplies
- 3. _______ affects the amount of oxygen that can be stored in water
- 4. special variety of trees that grow in salt water
- 6. rock that can contain or transmit groundwater
- 10. coral reefs and ______ are among the world’s most productive and diverse ecosystems
- 11. shallow ecosystems in which land surface is saturated/submerged for a part of the year
- 12. sharp temperature boundary
- 14. free-floating photosynthetic plants
- 15. most marine communities depend on _______ organisms
- 17. controls light penetration and temperature
- 21. “Get out of my wooded wetland!”
