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#Fort Fisher 2015

Published on Nov 28, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

ORGANISM

A LIVING PLANT OR ANIMAL

Adaptation
A physical characteristic that a plant or animal has that makes it possible to survive in it's environment.

OMNIVORE

  • An animal that eats plants or animals
  • Depending on what's available
  • Bears, people, blue crabs, shrimp, ect, ect......
Photo by danskiego

CARNIVOROUS PLANT

  • Any plant which has adapted to its environment by eating insects
  • Pitcher plant, venus fly trap

SAVANNA

A GRASSY AREA WITH LOW SHRUBS AND SCATTERED TREES
Photo by eleanord43

COASTAL MARSH

WET MUDDY AREA WITH LOTS OF GRASS
Photo by andyarthur

POCOSIN

AN AREA WITH LOTS OF WATER, PLANTS, AND SHRUB BOGS
Photo by faul

SAND RIDGE

A HIGH UP DRY SANDY AREA WITH DESERT LIKE PLANTS
Photo by szeke

BIVALVE

A MOLLUSK THAT HAS HINGED SHELLS

UNIVALVE/GASTROPOD

A MOLLUSK THAT HAS ONE SHELL THAT IS SPIRALED
Photo by jurvetson

SUBTIDAL ZONE

ZONE OF THE SHORE THAT IS ALWAYS WET

INTERTIDAL ZONE

ZONE OF THE SHORELINE BETWEEN LOW AND HIGH TIDE

SUPRATIDAL ZONE

ZONE ABOVE THE TIDELINE, NEVER GETS WET FROM THE TIDE

PLANKTON

SMALL, SWIMMING PLANTS AND ANIMALS, THAT DEPEND ON THE CURRENTS FOR TRANSPORTATION

NEKTON

STRONG SWIMMING ANIMALS THAT LIVE IN THE OPEN WATER

BENTHOS

SMALL ANIMALS THAT LIVE ON THE BOTTOM ON THE OCEAN

DETRITUS

DEAD PLANTS AND MICROORGANISMS THAT FORM THE BASIS OF THE FOOD CHAIN

ESTUARY

WHERE FRESH WATER AND SALT WATER MEET

HABITAT

SUITABLE AREA WITH FOOD, WATER, AND SHELTER WHERE AN ANIMAL CAN SURVIVE

ECOSYSTEM

A NATRUL SYSTEM IN WHICH LIVING AND NONLIVING THINGS ARE LINKED

COMMUNITY

ALL THE INTERACTING PLANT AND ANIMAL POPULATIONS IN A COMMON AREA

ENVIRONMENT

THE TOTAL SURROUNDINGS OF A PLANT OR ANIMAL, INCLUDING WEATHER AND CLIMATE

PARASITES

AN ORGANISM THAT LIVES IN OR ON ANOTHER ORGANISM

SYMBIOSIS

TWO UNLIKE ORGANISMS LIVING TOGETHER FOR MUTUAL BENEFIT: CLEANER FISH AND SHARK

SAPROPHYTE

AN ORGANISM THAT LIVE ON DYING/DEAD TREES

EPIPHYTE

SPANISH MOSH THAT HANGS FROM TREES, AND GETS FOOD FROM AIR AND RAIN

LICHEN

PLANT MADE UP OF ALGEA AND FUNGUS