Water, Water Everywhere

2. the whole body of salt water that covers nearly ¾ of the surface of the Earth.
4. a living thing (as a green plant) that makes its food from simple inorganic substances, producers have the greatest amount of energy in the community
6. a large deep section of the ocean
7. concentrated flow of water due to temperature, salinity, or sediment differences
12. a process where liquid water is heated and changed to a gas (water vapor).
14. an organism (such as a bacterium or a fungus) that lives on and decomposes dead organisms
16. a colorless, transparent, odorless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain that is the basis of the fluids of living organisms; essential for life on Earth.
17. animal-like plankton
19. a process where water falls to the ground as a liquid or a solid.
20. sand, mud, and rocks
22. the up and down movement of water caused by the energy of the wind
23. a shaft sunk into the ground to obtain water, oil or gas.

1. a plant or animal that requires complex organic compounds for food, which it obtains by preying on other living things or eating particles of organic matter
3. the regular rise and fall of the ocean water levels due to the gravitational attraction of the moon and sun
5. a process where the gas (water vapor) is cooled and changed back to a liquid.
8. a large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another such stream.
9. the amount of dissolved salts in the water; average salinity of the ocean is 35 ppt (parts per thousand)
10. a large natural or artificial lake used to store water.
11. a small body of still water formed naturally
13. minute, floating plant-like plankton.
15. life found in the ocean; salt water organisms
18. a large body of water surrounded by land.
21. a series of pairs of phrases or descriptions which are used to classify a group of living things by making choices between the sets of traits and characters described in each pair.