Aquatic Ecosystem Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• upwelling : vertical flow of ocean water.
• photic : layer of water that light penetrates.
• benthic : ecological region located in the lowest level of the water body.
• estuary : body of water where a river drains into a lake or ocean.
• salinity : concentration of salt in water.
• neritic : abundant ocean zone above the continental shelf that is approximately 200 metres in depth.
• limnetic : region far from shore where plants can't root.
• inlandsea : large body of water in the middle of the continent.
• littoral : tidal or shallow area near the shore.
• aphotic : layer of water where photosynthesis cannot occur.
• wetland : partially submerged ecosystem characterized by its high productivity.
• brackish : water with salinity in between that of ocean and fresh.
• floodplain : land adjacent to a river that is submerged during the wet season.