Extreme Deep Teacher's Guide.pdf - Evergreen Exhibitions

Extreme Deep Wordplay
CROSSW
OSSWORD PUZZLE
Grades 10-12
What does it take to
explore the deep sea?
ACROSS
3. Animals that emit light are said to be this.
6. About 70% of the Earth is covered by this.
7. A deep-sea animal named for its paddleshaped
body.
9. Deep-sea animals sense bioluminescence
with these.
10. To give off, as in light.
11. Region of the Pacific where the Galapagos
Rift and 9° North vents sites are found.
13. 365 1/4 days.
15. Famous shipwreck that was identified by the
submersible Alvin.
18. Device that’s dragged behind a ship to
collect organisms.
19. This sense may help shrimp see vents along
the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
20. Gulf ______, a current in the Western
Atlantic Ocean.
22. Alvin’s mother ship.
DOWN
1. Salt content of water.
2. Process of turning chemicals into food.
3. Microscopic producers of hydrothermal vent
communities.
4. Vent water contains these earthly
compounds.
5. A stream of water set in motion by wind or
differences in temperature or salinity.
8. Because Alvin’s cockpit is so small you have
to ___ rather than stand.
12. This technology uses sound to “see”
through water.
14. The theory of _____ tectonics explains the
shifting of continents over time.
16. Remus isn’t a he or a she but an __.
17. These vent bivalves harbor chemosynthetic
bacteria in their gills.
21. _____ wave is a common name for 23
23. Correct name for a giant wave that often
follows an earthquake.
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