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Fort Fisher Vocab.

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

UNIVALVE

A TYPE OF MOLLUSK WITH 1 SHELL, USUALLY SPIRALS, CONCH SHE’LL.

SAND RIDGE

AN ELEVATED, DRY, SANDY AREA WITH DESERT LIKE VEGETATION
Photo by D-Stanley

Intertidal

The zone of shoreline between the low and high tide lines, covered by water and exposed by air.

Subtidal

The zone of the shoreline below the tide, always wet.

Photo by Ed Bierman

Supratidal

The zone of the shoreline above the tide line, never wet.

Photo by the_tahoe_guy

SAVANNA

A GRASSY AREA WITH LOW SHRUBS AND SCATTERED TREES.

Coastal Marsh

An area of land in which the soil is wet and dominated by grasses.

Photo by pfarrell95

Plankton.
Small floating swimming plants and animals in the water that depend on waves and tides for transportation.

Photo by Chris_Moody

Benthos

Organisms that live in or on the bottom, seaweed, crabs

Photo by rossbennetts

Nekton

Strong swimming animals in open water, sharks, whales

Community

All the interacting plant and animal populations in an area

Photo by 00alexx

Saprophyte

An organism that lives on dead or decaying matter

Photo by Tony Rodd

Environment

The total surrounding of a plants, or animals, climate, and location.