Aquatic Ecosystem Crossword Puzzle
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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.
