Axolotls in Peril
Across
- 3. A change in genetic code
- 4. To change over time
- 5. A body part that extracts oxygen from water so animals can breathe underwater
- 8. The community of organisms interacting with each other in their physical surroundings
- 10. Interconnected food chains of what eats what within an ecosystem
- 13. Grass or plants that help clean contaminated water
- 15. Favorable, helpful, or advantageous
- 16. Originally from a place
- 18. The ability to regrow body parts
- 19. To state or assert that something is correct or true
- 21. When there are no more remaining members of a species
- 22. Animals like frogs, toads, and salamanders that need a moist environment to survive.
- 23. Widely recognized and well established
Down
- 1. A cute and frilly salamander, native to Mexico City
- 2. An explanation about something in a clear and logical way
- 3. A creature studied extensively in the lab to help scientists better understand it
- 4. The facts or information whether a belief or claim is correct or true
- 6. A type of animal that is not native to an area that usually has a negative effect
- 7. To prosper, flourish, or do very well
- 9. Floating gardens made from woven rafts anchored in shallow water
- 11. An unhatched offspring
- 12. The immature form of an animal
- 14. The capital of Mexico, with population of nearly 9 million people
- 17. Retaining juvenile features, even when grown up
- 20. A district, or neighborhood of Mexico city