A PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTIC THAT PLANT OR ANIMAL HAS THAT MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR IT TO LIVE IN ITS ENVIRONMENT. BIVALVE: A CLASS OF MOLLUSK THAT HAS TWO HINGED SHELLS, SUCH AS CLAMS CARNIVOROUS PLANTS: ANY PLANT WHICH HAS ADAPTED TO ITS IN ENVIRONMENT OF NITROGEN POOR SOIL BY INGESTING INSECTS ALSO CALLED INSECTIVORES DETRITUS: DEAD PLANT MATTER AND MICROORGANISM THAT FORM THE BASIS OF THE FOOD CHAIN ECOSYSTEM: A NATURAL SYSTEM IN WHICH LIVING THINGS AND NO LIVINGS SOIL AND AIR ARE LINKED EPIPHYTE: A PLANT THAT GETS IT MOISTURE AND FOOD FROM AIR AND USES A ANOTHER PLANT FOR SUPPORT (EX. SPANISH MOSS ESTUARY: WHERE FRESH WATER AND SALT WATER MEET (ZEKES ISLAND AT THE MOUTH OF CAPE FEAR) HABITAT: THE SUITABLE ARRANGEMENT OF FOOD, WATER, SHELTER AND SPACE SO THAT AN ANIMAL CAN LIVE J