Biology
The community of organisms interacting with each other in the physical surroundings.
Ecosystem
A cute and frilly salamander native to Mexico City.
Axolotl
Retaining juvenile features, even when grown up.
Neotenic
To prosper, flourish, or do well.
Thrived.
The capitol of Mexico, with a population of nearly 9 million people.
Mexico City
Animals like frogs, toads, and salamanders that need a moist environment to survive.
Amphibians
A body part that extracts oxygen from water so animals can breathe underwater.
Gills
Originally from a place.
Indigenous.
The ability to regrow body parts.
Regenerate
A change in genetic code.
Mutation.
Interconnected food chains of what eats what within an ecosystem.
Food Web
An unhatched offspring.
Embryo
Grass or plants that help clean contaminated water.
Aquatic Vegetation.
Favorable, helpful, or advantageous.
Beneficial.
A statement you believe to be true that solves a scientific problem or question.
Claim.
When there are no more remaining members of a species.
Extinct.
The immature form of an animal.
Larva.
Floating gardens made from woven rafts anchored in shallow water.
Chinampas.
To change over time.
Evolve
Information gathered from a variety of sources to help support a claim.
Evidence.
A type of animal that is not native to an area that usually has a negative effect.
Invasive Species
A creature studies extensively in the lab to help scientists better understand it.
Model Species
A district, or neighborhood of Mexico City.
Xochimilco.
Widely recognized and well established.
Iconic
Your own words explaining what the evidence means and how it supports the claim.
Reasoning.