Adaption
A physical characteristic that a plant or animal has that makes it possible survive in it environment

ORGANISM

OMNIVORE

• An animal that eats plants and animals
• Depending on what is available
• Bears,people,blue crabs, shrimp

CARNIVOROUS PLANT

• Any plant which has adapted to its environment by ingesting insects - insectivore
• Pitcher plant, Venus fly trap

SAVANA

COASTAL MARSH

• An area of land in which soil is wet.
• And usually dominated by grasses

POCOSIN

SAND RIDGE

BIVALVE

UNIVALVE OR GASTROPOD

SUBTIDAL ZONE

INTERTIDAL ZONE

• The zone of the shoreline between the low and high tidelines
• Covered by water and sometimes exposed by air

SUPRATIDAL ZONE

PLANKTON

• Small floating or feebly swimming plants and animals.
• In the water which depend on the wa

NEKTON

BENTHOS

DETRITUS

• Dead plant matter and microorganisms
• That form the basis of the food chain

ESTUARY

• Where freshwater and salt water meet
• Zeke's island at the mouth of the Cape Fear River

HABITAT

• The suitable arrangement of food, water, shelter
• And space so an animal can live

ECOSYSTEM

COMMUNITY

ENVIRONMENT

• The total surrounding of a plant or animal
• Including other plants, animals, climate, and location

PARASITE

SYMBIOSIS

• Two unlike organisms living together
• Cleaner fish and shark
• See anemone and clownfish

SAPROPHYTE

LICHEN

EPIPHYTE

• A plant that gets moisture and food from air and rain, and uses another plant for support ex. Spanish Moss