digital scavenger hunt - kyle marquis

Crabs are what are known as arthropods. It has a segmented body and jointed appendages, as well as a hard exoskeleton. In the crabs defense, it has evolved and adapted, growing two claws on its front arms. Arthropods are the most various phylum of the animal kingdom.

tillinghast pond

A lake is a common ecosystem in our region. An ecosystem is a community of living organisms, along with the nonliving factors and components in said environment.  The lake, would normally consist of many species of fish, some predatory birds, beavers, and other small mammals and insects.

This is a picture of common seaweed.  Seaweed is a producer, producers make their own sugars by using the suns natural energy.  The plants can make their own food by using a special cell unique to plants called chloroplasts.

This is a picture of a butterfly emerging from its cocoon. The process in which a caterpillar transforms into a butterfly is called metamorphosis. This process is when an organism finishes one part of its life cycle and begins another by changing its physical characteristics.

Plants are known as autotrophs and producers, they act as a food supply for many if not all herbivores, and they can create their own food supply by use of the suns energy. Any green plant is essential in the survival of all other organisms that breathe air considering plants produce it as a byproduct of making their food.

                                                                                 

Certain species of bees, like this bumblebee, collect pollen, or nectar, from many species of flowers. What I think is cool about this process is that sometimes, the bee will accidentally germinate a flower with another species pollen, a term known as cross pollination.

                                                                               

Shown above is common moss found on the forest floor.  To my surprise, moss is in fact a producer and does not have the ability to decompose organic or inorganic materials.  I thought this strange because I always saw dead trees with moss growing on them and I believed the moss to be the reason of the trees death.

This is my kitten Farley; she is a particularly playing carnivore. Carnivores are animals that only eat flesh, such as other animals lower on their respective food chain.

                                                                                   
Vitamins are an essential start to every morning, they provide nutrients to help the body function properly throughout the day.

                                                                             

Shown above are apples, which are a fruit.  These apples protect the seeds of the apple tree prior to germination. These fruits also serve as a food source to many different animals.

                                                                                   

This is my little brother Kurt, he is a hominoid, which refers to any ape or human being. They are classified as having larger brains in relation to their body size.

                                                                                   

This is my dog Shemp. He like my kitten is a carnivore, he is an Australian shepherd, and he was bred specially to be a sheep herder. It is believed that all breeds of dogs have their own breed typical behaviors, making it easier to train certain breeds of dogs to perform certain tasks better than other breeds would

                                                                                     

Trees are one of the most successful organisms on the planet, with over 80,000 different species ranging from a few centimeters high to over 360 feet. Trees are very diverse and have evolved from ancestors for over millions of years, adapting to survive on almost every condition on the planet.

                                                                                 

This is a common raccoon. Raccoons are scavengers and eat any food source they can come by to survive.  Not only will they scavenge nuts and fruits from trees but they will also sneak into the food scraps in your trash. They can be found out in the middle of the forest far from any human or living in a hole between your trashcans.

                                                                               
This is a bee’s nest, much like an ant hole, these are populations, in which a whole colony of worker bees live and die building the nest and keeping the queen alive and to further reproduce and keep the hive strong.