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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
Photo by spencer77

carnivorous plant

  • a plant that eats insects
  • pitcher plants venus fly traps
Photo by J.W. Webb

savanna

a grassy area with low shrubs and scattered trees

coastal marsh

AN AREA OF LAND IN WHICH SOIL IS WET

POCOSIN

AN AREA OF LAND WITH DENSE VEGEtation and shrub bogs
Photo by Kylie Kae

sand ridge

an elevated dry sandy area with desert like vegetation
Photo by Sundrop 7

bivalve

a class of mollusk that has two hinged shells
Photo by reegmo

univalve

a class of that one shell and usually spirals

subtidal zone

the zone of the shoreline bellow the tideline always wet

intertidal zone

bellow low and high tidelines
Photo by timsackton

supratidal zone

ABOVE THE TIDELINES NEVER WET

PLANKTON

small floating animals
Photo by JesseClaggett

nekton

STRONG SWIMMING ANIMALS THAT LIVE IN THE OPEN WATER

BENTHOS

live om the bottom of the ocean

detritus

dead plant matter and microorganisms
Photo by John Carleton

estuary

where fresh water and salt water meet
Photo by willumhg

HABITAT

food water shelter
Photo by JoelDeluxe

ecosystem

A NATRAl system in witch living and nonliving things are linked
Photo by dnwallace

COMMUNITY

all the interacting plant and animals populations in a common area

environment

the total surroundings of a plant or animals
Photo by Gidzy

parasite

AN ORGANISM THAT LIVES IN OR ON ANTHER ORGANISM

symbiosis

TWO UNLIKE ORGANISMS LIVING TOGETHER FOR MUTUAL BENEFIT
Photo by WilliamMarlow

SAPROPHYTE

AN ORGANISM THAT LIVES ON DEAD OR DECAYING MATTER
Photo by Tony Rodd

epiphyte

a plant that lives anther plant to live
Photo by CIFOR

lichen

plant made up of algae and fungus
Photo by Futureman1

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