This is a photo of a shrub. The represents an adaptation of a plant, a change that allows the plant to survive in its environment. The spiky leaves on the shrub keep it from being eaten by animals.
This is a photo of a dog's canines. The canines represent an adaptation of an animal, which allows it to better thrive in its environment. The canines of a dog allow the dog to tear through its food and attack other animals with its teeth.
This is a photo of ants surrounding a dead worm. The ants represent altruistic behavior, which is when animals display a behavior that benefits other animals. The animals are gathering around the worm and attempting to carry it to their nearby anthill to share with the other ants.
This is a photo of a dragonfly. The dragonfly represents an animal that has a segmented body, which is a body that is divided into separate parts. The body of a dragonfly is segmented into the head, thorax, and abdomen.
This is a photo of a plant. The plant in this photo represents an autotroph, which is an organism that can make its own food. Plants create their own food using sunlight and a process known as photosynthesis.
This is a photo of the tip of the stem of a plant. This plant represents the auxin producing area of a plant, with auxin being a plant growth hormone that is produced in the stem tip.
This is a photo of a mushroom. This mushroom represents a basidiomycete, which is any type of fungi within the Basidiomycota phylum. Most common mushrooms are included in this group.
This is a photo of a damselfly. This damselfly represents bilateral symmetry, which is when an organism can be divided into two symmetrical parts. The damselfly can be cut down the length of its body into symmetrical halves.
This is a photo of grass. The grass represents a C4 plant, which is a plant that puts CO2 into a molecule with four atoms. Grass uses a four-carbon compound in photosynthesis.
This is a photo of a leaf of a plant. The leaf represents the cuticle layer of a plant, which is the plant's outermost layer. What we see on the leaf is the first visible layer, the cuticle layer.
This is a photo of the inside of an apple seed. The seed represents endosperm, which stores food. The white part of the seed is the endosperm of the apple seed, the tissue that nourishes the embryo.
This is a photo of a dog. The dog represents an endotherm, an animal that relies on heat. Since dogs are warm-blooded creatures, they, along with all mammals, are endotherms.
This is a photo of a stinkbug. The bug represents an exoskeleton, which is an external skeleton certain creatures have. Stinkbugs tend to shed their exoskeleton multiple times as they grow out of them.
These are the flowers of a Crape Myrtle tree. The flowers represent the flower ovary, the part of the flower where the ovules are made. The large sphere at the bottom of the pistil in the flower are where they are stored, the ovary.
This is a photo of a Nephrolepis cordifolia, a type of fern. The leaf of the fern represents a frond, a leaf that is divided. Although this is a photo of a singular leaf, the leaf itself breaks apart into separate pieces on the side.
This is a photo of a human hand, which represents genetic variation. Genetic variation is the diversity within a species. The hand is this photo is dark-skinned, however skin color can vary across the population.
This is a photo of a cat. The cat represents glycogen, which is the stored form of glucose, the energy for our bodies. Cats, like all animals, store glycogen as a short-term energy reserve.
This is a photo of the seed of an Arizona cypress tree. The seed represents a gymnosperm cone, which is a seed from a plant that has unprotected seeds. The cone was unprotected, similar to that of a pine tree.
This is a photo of Arizona cypress leaves. The leaves represents a gymnosperm leaf, a leaf of a tree with unprotected seeds. In the photo, seeds similar to pinecones can be seen on the leaves. The seeds are not protected by any flower ovary or otherwise.
This is a photo of petunias. The petunias represent hermaphrodites, which are organisms that can produce male and female organisms. Petunias are one of several flowers that are hermaphrodites, with some other examples being daffodils, roses, and lilies.
This is a photo of a bug. The bug represents heterotrophs, which are organisms that cannot make their own food. Bugs tend to eat grass and flowers, though some will eat other mammals.
This is a photo of a dog panting. The dog represents homeostasis, which is the perfect stat of being that many animals attempt to achieve. When dogs pant, they are trying to lower their temperature to get to the perfect body heat.
This is a photo of lichen. Lichen is a complex plantlike organism that is composed of algae or cyanobacterium and a fungus in a symbiotic relationship. The fungus gives the partner a good habitat, and the fungus can get nutrients. The lichen in the photo is a foliose lichen called Parmelia. These lichens tend to attach itself using hyphae.
This is a photo of the stem of a plant. The stem represents meristem, a plant tissue that can constantly divide. Meristem tissue is found on the stem of plants. Apical meristems allow the plant to extend its roots and shoots, intercalary meristem allows the nodes to extend, and lateral meristem allows for secondary growth.
This is a photo of hinoki cypress trees. The trees represent photosynthesis, which is a process where sunlight, carbon dioxide and water is converted to glucose and oxygen. In the photo, the sunlight hitting the cypress trees is being converted into energy and oxygen is released.