ORGANISM

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

Omnivore

• An animal that eats plants or animals
• depending on what is available
• Bears, people, blue crabs, shrimp.

Carnivorous Plant
Any plant that has adapted to its environment by ingesting insects, pitcher plant or venus fly trap

SAVANNA

Coastal Marsh
An area of land in which soil is wet and usually dominate by grasses.

POCOSIN

SAND RIDGE

BIVALVE

UNIVALVE OR GASTROPOD

SUBTIDAL ZONE

INTERTIDAL ZONE

SUPRATIDAL ZONE
The zone of the shoreline above the tideline. Never wet-unless there`s a storm

PLANKTON

• small swimming plants or animals
• That depend on tides to get them where they need to go.

NEKTON

BENTHOS

DETRITUS

• DEAD PLANT MATTER AND MICROORGANISMS
• THAT FORM THE BASIS OF THE FOOD CHAIN

ESTUARY

• WHERE FRESHWATER AND SALT WATER MEET

HABITAT

• THE SUITABLE ARRANGEMENT OF FOOD, WATER, SHELTER,
• PLANTS

ECOSYSTEM

COMMUNITY

ENVIRONMENT

• THE TOTAL SURROUNDINGS OF A PLANT OR ANIMAL
• INCLUDING OTHER PLANTS ANIMALS CLIMATE AND LOCATION.

PARASITE

SYMBIOSIS

• A MUTUAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO ORGANISMS

SAPROPHYTE

EPIPHYTE
A PLANT THAT GETS MOISTURE AND FOOD FROM AIR AND RAIN AND USES ANOTHER PLANT FOR SUPPORT.

LICHEN