Bringing Back Oysters

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