ORGANISM

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

OMNIVORE

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

CARNIVOROUS PLANT

• Any plant which has adapted to its
• Environment by ingesting insects
• Pitcher plant, venus fly trap

SAVANNA

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

• The zone of the shoreline above the tidelines,
• Never wet -- unless there's a storm

PLANKTON

• Small floating or feebly swimming plants and animals
• In the water which depend on the waves, tides,
• And currents for transportation

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 surroundings of a plant or animal
• Including other plants, animals, climate, and location

PARASITE

SYMBIOSIS

• Two unlike organisms living together for mutual benefit
• Cleaner fish & shark
• Sea anemone & clownfish

SAPROPHYTE

Epiphyte
A plant that gets moisture and food from air and rain and uses another plant for support

LICHEN

OMNIVORE

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

CARNIVOROUS PLANT

• Any plant which has adapted to its environment by ingesting insects
• Ex. Pitcher Plant, Venus Fly Trap

SAVANNA