Bringing Back Oysters
Across
- 1. Skin-like covering that protects the oyster’s organs
- 4. Digests algae caught in the gills
- 7. Loss Loss oyster population
- 8. Surges They protect shorelines by acting as a buffer against
- 10. live in shallow waters around the world
- 11. which occur when rising water is pushed onto land, causing flooding
- 12. restore a billion of the
- 14. Holds the two halves of the oyster’s shell together
- 16. attach to the empty shells
- 18. An tool used to measure oysters
- 20. Feeders pump water through their bodies
- 21. Pumps the oyster’s blood
- 22. They remove things out the water
Down
- 2. a community of organisms interacting with their nonliving environment.
- 3. Hard outer covering made of the mineral calcium carbonate that protects the oyster
- 5. Muscle Opens and closes the shell
- 6. Filter oxygen, algae, and particles from the water
- 7. Lifting up
- 9. They protect shorelines by acting as a buffer against storm surges, which occur when rising water is pushed onto land, causing flooding
- 13. Deplete the resource
- 15. Palp Sorts and transfers food from the gills to the digestive tract
- 17. Species Live in a viral ecosystem
- 19. waves that can wash away sand and soil.