Axolotls in Peril

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Across
  1. 3. The community of organisms interacting with each other and their physical surroundings.
  2. 5. A creature studied extensively in the lab to help scientists better understand certain biological processes in humans.
  3. 6. Floating gardens.
  4. 8. A district of Mexico City.
  5. 9. A cute, Frilly Salamander.
  6. 11. A change to their genetic code.
  7. 14. Species that don’t belong but can cause harm to the ecosystem
  8. 18. To retain youthful, juvenile features despite growing up.
  9. 19. Answer to the prompt or question.
  10. 21. Interpret and explain how the evidence supports claim.
  11. 22. Successful.
  12. 23. Rememberable, likeness.
Down
  1. 1. Interconnected food chains of what eats what within an ecosystem.
  2. 2. The ability to regrow parts of the body.
  3. 4. Animals like frogs, toads, and salamanders that need a moist environment to live.
  4. 5. Where axolotls are from.
  5. 7. Extract oxygen from the water so the animal can breathe underwater.
  6. 10. Cite text to support your claim and thinking.
  7. 12. Helps filter and clean contaminated water.
  8. 13. Helpful or useful.
  9. 14. Ancient, first, early civilization.
  10. 15. No more remaining members of a species.
  11. 16. Changed over time, to develop the ability to regenerate lost body parts.
  12. 17. Unhatched offspring.
  13. 20. Immature form of the animal.