Adam Capwell AP Biology Scavengerhunt pictures 8-15

This is a picture of a scallop shell. A scallop is a mollusc which means that it has a soft body and in most cases has a tough shell to protect it. every mollusc has a muscular foot or several legs to transport it as well and a visceral mass which contains all of the organism's vital organs covered by a layer of skin called a mantle (in some molluscs the mantle secretes enzymes that harden into a shell).

This is a picture of a bottle of vitamins which contain some of the seventeen minerals humans require to preform standard functions.Most minerals are obtained through dietary methods and are essential to life. For example calcium can be obtained through drinking milk and humans along with most other vertebrates require a significant level of calcium to repair our skeletons and keep our nerves and muscles in working order.

 

This plant like almost all others has nodes. Nodes are the connecting points between the leaves of a plant and the stem, branches and twigs as well as the trunks of trees also qualify as stems. An internode is a segment of stem between two nodes. These structures are the foundation of the shoot system that allows plants to collect sunlight.

This deer is a ruminant mammal. A ruminant mammal is a mammal with a four chambered stomach containing microorganisms to breakdown cellulose. Other examples include cows and sheep. This picture was taken with a motion activated surveillance camera.  

The weather is an abiotic component of almost every ecosystem. An abiotic component is a non living thing that effects the organisms in a ecosystem, for example the weather in this picture allows for producers to absorb a great deal of sunlight. if the weather was extremely dry for instance many organisms would have difficulty finding water.

My cat Charlie is a heterotroph. She is incapable of producing her own food molecules without consuming other organisms or their byproducts. Which she breaks down into food molecules she can use.  This also makes her a consumer on the food chain. Charlie is also very unhappy with me in this picture due to the fact that I left my camera's flash on. 

 Fun fact: Charlie was named after Charlie Chaplin because of the rectangular spot on her nose.

 
 

These plants contain a the chemical lignin. Lignin is a chemical found in the cell walls of some plant cells, mostly those in vascular tissues, lignin hardens these cells' cell walls, allowing them to support the plant against the pull of gravity.  

This crab is an arthropod. It has a segmented body and jointed appendages, as well as a hard exoskeleton. in this case the front two appendages are adapted for defense,Arthropods are the most diverse phylum of the animal kingdom and possibly the most successful with an estimated 10 to the 18th individual arthropods on planet Earth.