Water Environments Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• wind : produces surface currents
• five : the number of oceans on earth.
• ocean floor : where snails, crabs, lobsters move; sponges and coral attach themselves to it.
• plankton : tiny living things found on the surface of the water; saltwater animals feed on it.
• currents : what moves water.
• shallow water : where seaweed lives.
• pacific ocean : biggest ocean on earth.
• gulf stream : best-known warm current.
• deep currents : these are caused by differences in water temperatures.
• freshwater : less dissolved salt; found in streams, rivers, lakes, and ponds
• saltwater : includes most of the water in the oceans; has large amounts of dissolved salt.
• plants : the beginning of most foods chains because they make their own food.
• food chain : system where different living things depend on each other for food.
• oxygen : animals use to breathe; comes from plants.
• water : covers almost 3/4th of the earth's surface.
• cells : everyone is made of these; made mostly of water
• suckers : part of an animals body that attaches to rocks or to the bottom of a stream.
• fish : the type of animal most found in saltwater environments.
• standing water : where fish, frogs, turtles, and snakes live.
• environment : a place where plants and animals live.