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FF Vocabulary

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

ORGANISM

A LIVING PLANT OR ANIMAL.

ADAPTATION

THE ACTION OR PROCESS OF ADAPTING OR BEING ADAPTED.

OMNIVORE

AN ANIMAL OR PERSON THAT EATS FOOD OF BOTH PLANT AND ANIMAL ORIGIN.

CARNIVOROUS PLANTS

PLANTS THAT EATS BUGS!

BIVALVE

TWO HINGED SHELLS.

UNIVALVE

ONE HINGED SHELL

SAVANNA

A GRASSY AREA WITH LOW SHRUBS AND/OR SCATTERED TREES.

COASTAL MARSH

AN AREA OF LAND IN WHICH SOIL IS WET AND USUALLY DOMINATED BY GRASS.

POCOSIN

AN AREA OF LAND WITH DENSE VEGETATION AND SHRUB BOGS.

SAND RIDGE

AN ELEVATED, DRY, SAND AREA WITH DESERT-LIKE VEGETATION.

PLANKTON

SMALL FLOATING PLANTS AND ANIMALS IN THE WATER.

NEKTON

STRONG SWIMMING ANIMALS IN THE WATER

BENTHOS

ORGANISMS THAT LIVE IN OR ON THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN

DETRITUS

DEAD PLANT MATTER THAT FORM THE BASIS OF THE FOOD CHAIN

ENVIRONMENT

THE TOTAL SURROUNDINGS OF A PLANT OR ANIMAL INCLUDING OTHER PLANTS, ANIMALS, CLIMATE,CAND LOCATION

SYMBIOSIS

INTERACTION BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT ORGANISMS LIVING IN CLOSE PHYSICAL ASSOCIATION, TYPICALLY TO THE ADVANTAGE OF BOTH

COMMUNITY

ALL THE INTERACTING PLANT AND ANIMAL POPULATIONS IN A COMMON AREA.
Photo by ecstaticist

ESTUARY

THE TIDAL MOUTH OF A LARGE RIVER WHERE THE TIDE MEETS THE STREAM.
Photo by DCSL

HABITAT

THE NATURAL HOME OR ENVIROMENT OF A LIVING ORGANISM

PARASITE

AAN ORGANISM THAT LIVES IN OR ON ANOTHER LIVING ORGANISM

EPIPHYTE

A PLANT THAT HARMLESSLY GROWS ON ANOTHER PLANT.

ECOSYSTEM

A NATURAL SYSTEM IN WHICH LIVING AND NONLIVING THINGS ARE LINKED.

LICHEN

PLANT MADE UP OF ALGAE AND FUNGI
Photo by Martin LaBar

INTERTIDAL ZONE

THE AREA WHERE LOW TIDE IS, EVEN IF IT IS HIGH.

SUBTIDAL ZONE

THE RELATIVELY SHALLOW PART OF THE OCEAN ABOVE THE DROP-OFF OF THE CONTINENTAL SHELF.

SUPRATIDAL ZONE

THE AREA ABOVE SPRING HIGH TIDE.

SAPROPHYTE

AN ORGANISM THAT LIVES ON DEAD OR DECAYING MATTER.