1. Adaptation of an Animal

This is a picture of a green lizard. The green lizard camouflaging into the green leaf is an example of an adaptation of an animal. Adaptations are special qualities of animals or plants that help them survive in a particular environment. Some adaptations of animals include flying, hibernating, migrating, camouflaging, and conserving fat and water. Camouflaging lowers its risk of being discovered by predators and increases its chances of finding prey. Although camouflage is a major component of survival for some animals, not all need it because they have their own specific way of adapting to the environment.

2. Adaptation of a Plant

This is a picture of a cactus. Cactus is an example of how plants adapt to their environment. Adaptations are special qualities of animals or plants that help them survive in a particular environment. Plant adaptations include color and structure. Because deserts only have an average rainfall of 10 inches, cacti need to learn to conserve water to last a whole year. The cactus has adapted its body to the environment in order to survive. Cacti have spines instead of leaves because spines do not lose water during evaporation. It also protects the cacti from predators. The reason why plants can only live in specific places is that if the plants lived somewhere else than they live now, their adaptations will make it very difficult for them to survive.

3. Amniotic Egg

 

 

Chicken egg shown in this picture is an example of an amniotic egg.  Amniotic eggs are shelled eggs that an embryo develops in. The chicken inside the pictured egg would develop inside until it is ready to hatch. In the egg, the amnion protects the embryo encased in a sac that is filled with amniotic fluid. Until it hatches, the embryo feeds off the yolk in the egg. The inside of the shell is composed of chorion, which helps get oxygen and carbon dioxide to the embryo inside. The outside of the egg is made up of a calcium carbonate shell, which protects it from harmful substances and allows it to submerge into water. It is produced by reptiles, birds, and egg-laying mammals.

4. Animal that has a Segmented Body

The ant in this picture has a segmented body. Animals with segmented bodies have a body that is sectioned out into parts along the length of the animals’ body. The ants’ bodies are segmented into three parts: a head, a thorax and an abdomen.

5. Anther and Filament of Stamen

This is a picture of an anther and a filament of a flower. Filaments comes out of the center of the flower and look like long rods. The anther of the flower sits on top of the filament and are usually a different color than the filament. In this flower, the filaments are white and the anthers are brown. The anther and the filament are both parts of the stamen and are both male parts of the flower. The anther is the part of the stamen where pollen is produced. The job of a filament is to get the anther as close to the top of the flower as possible so it will increase the possibility of pollen transfer.

6. Autotroph

This pink flower is an example of an autotroph. Autotrophs do not depend on other organisms to be their food source. These plants use light, water, carbon dioxide, or other chemicals to make their own food and are called producers because of it. That process is called photosynthesis. Autotrophs change water in the soil and carbon dioxide in the air to make glucose.

7. Bilateral Symmetry

Organisms with bilateral symmetry have mirrored halves. If a line were to be drawn down the middle of their body, their right side of the body will look the same as the left. This is a picture of a dragonfly. It is a good example of bilateral symmetry because it is equivalent on both sides of its body.