Bringing Back Oysters

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