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 tideline
• Covered by water and some times air

SUPRATIDAL ZONE

• the zone of the shoreline above the tidelines, never wet (unless there’s a storm)

PLAKTON

• 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 organisms
• That forms that basis of the food chain

ESTUARY

• Where fresh water 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
• Including other plants,animals, climate , and location

PARASITE

SYMBIOSIS

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

SAPROPHYTE

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

LICHEN