Intertidal Ecosystems Crossword

These are animals, plants and other living things in an ecosystem
These are the non-living factors in an environment such as salinity, temperature and pressure.
One of the two major types of substrates in the intertidal zone
Bottom surface of a marine environment
Has strong coastal wave action
An area with a sand bar has ______ wave action.
Epifauna that lives attached to a substrate and are not mobile
Benthic organisms that live on top a substrate or are firmly attached to it.
Fauna that lives in/under the substrate
A marine organism is sensitive to this at low tide
The area of shoreline between high and low tides is the ________ zone.
What organisms in the muddy intertidal feed on
Wave action benefits organisms by washing away this
____________ is a method used to avoid desiccation in sessile organisms.
On a clear sunny day both temperature and salinity will _____ in a tide pool during low tide.
The ______Intertidal zone is usually dry
This zone hardly ever gets wet except by overspray
The _________zone is flooded twice a day but dries out between those times.
The _______intertidal zone is typically submerged and uncovered by the tides routinely
The __________Intertidal zone is normally immersed continually.
Zone that Contains: Algae, Limpets and Periwinkle
Zone that Contains: Barnacles, Limpets and Sea Crabs
Zone that Contains: Hermit Crabs, Sea Stars and Mussels
Zone that Contains: Seaweed, Sea Urchins and Anenome
Rocky Intertidal Zone with the most diversity of organisms
The limiting resource in the lower intertidal zone is space and ___________
The limiting resource in the middle intertidal zone is _____________
The limiting resource in the Upper intertidal zone is
This type of sediment allows water to move through more slowly
The intertidal is also known as the ___________zone
Being out of the water and exposed to air
Being submerged in the water
Most intertidal fish are_________________________.
The type of sediment depends on both the amount of water motion and the ____________of the sediment.