Bringing Back Oysters
Across
- 4. community of organisms interacting with their nonliving environment.
- 6. Feeders
- 7. Loss Tolose your home.
- 8. algae caught in the gills
- 10. Places where other animals can live.Keystone Species
- 11. animals’ that have soft bodies are protected inside closed shells.
- 14. outer covering made of the mineral calcium carbonate that protects the oyster
- 16. Pulling up
- 18. Muscle
- 19. Animals that provide homes for other creatures, protect coastlines, and keep waters clean
- 22. and closes the shell
- 23. oxygen, algae, and particles from the water
- 24. larvae attach to the empty shells
- 25. measure the growth of the mollusks.
Down
- 1. covering that protects the oyster’s organs
- 2. Harves places and makes them not good to live in.
- 3. through their bodies, filtering out algae and bacteria to eat (see Inside an Oyster, below).
- 5. the oyster’s blood
- 7. the two halves of the oyster’s shell together
- 9. Surges
- 10. water is pushed onto land, causing flooding.
- 12. Palp
- 13. and habitat loss decimated the oyster population.
- 15. Something good to eat.
- 17. Fully onder water.
- 20. and transfers food from the gills to the digestive tract
- 21. vital to their ecosystemEcosystem