Ocean Crossword
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
 
 
Down: 1) measure of the concentration of dissolved salt in water2) one of seven large bodies of salt water that cover about 70% of the earths surface4) network of the interactions between organisms and their environment both living and non living components5) Mountain range found along the ocean floor only peaks of the mid ocean ridge are visible above the oceans surface6) a river of water caused by tempetaure changes and the earths rotation that moves quickly through a larger body of water8) tiny open water plants,animals, or bacteria that are transported by water currents and tides9) rather leval area of the ocean floor that is covered with thick sediment and links and the shoreline with the continental slope10) Area of transitions between the abyssal plain and continental slope that is covered with thick sediment11) marine organisms that have the ability to swim or move against the current14) movement of water on the earth surface that is caused by the moons gravitational pull Across: 3) Measurement fom the oceans surface tothe floor in one given spot.7) reather level area of the ocean floor12) feature of the ocean floor that is cover with thick sediments and spans the change in depth between the continental shelfa nd the contiental rise13) Organisms that live on the bottom of the ocean (not free floating)15) deepest part of the ocean floor16) the major current on the eastern us coast that travels north from the equator. affects the temperter and weather17) single celled plant like and bacteria plankton which float on the oceans surface producing much of the Earths oxygen and basis for the marine food web18) movement of energy though water casued by wind19) aquatic animals whose swimming appendages are too small to enable them ti swim effectively against the current mostly microscope
 

 

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