Auxin Producing Area of a Plant

Stem Tip

Auxin is a plant hormone found in the stem that promotes leaf growth and phototropism, which is when a plant positions itself towards sunlight. It helps plants grow longer and get enough sunlight.

Thorn of a Plant

Rose

A thorn is a sharp appendage on the stem of plant. Its functions as protection again animals that may try to eat the plant or as shade and insulate for the plant.

R Strategist

Rabbits

R strategist are animals that usually have many offspring at a time. Smaller animals that have a short life span and early maturity often follow this type reproduction method. Unlike k strategist, normal don't reproduce multiple times in their live spans because they are not expected to live long enough to be able to.

Phloem

Vascular Plant Tissue 

Phloem is the living tissue in plants that conducts sugars downward from the leaves to other parts of the pant where it's needed. The phloem is concerned with the transportation of soluble organic material made during photosynthesis.

Keratin

Hair

Keratin is fibrous structural protein and the key structural component of hair, human skin, and nails. It assembles into bundles to form fibers that are tough and form strong tissues found in reptiles, birds, amphibians, and mammals.

Gymnosperm Cone

Pine Cone

A gymnosperm cone is produced by a conifer plant and is used for reproduction purposes. The female cones generate the seeds and the male cones produce the pollen. The males cones are positioned higher on the tree so that their pollen can fall down and fertalize the seed of the female cones.

Genetically Modified Organism

Cabbage

A genetically modified organism is any organism whose genetic material has been altered using genetic engineering techniques. Cabbages has been modified with scorpion poison that kills caterpillars when they bite leaves, but the toxin is altered to be safe for humans.

Fruit - Fleshy with Seeds

Strawberries

Fleshy fruits are fruits that have a flesh between the seeds and the skin. When you eat a fleshy fruit, you consume the flesh rather than the seeds. Strawberries, blueberries, apples, and tomatoes are all fleshy fruits.

Eukaryote

Bamboo Sharks

A eukaryote is an organism with cells containing a nucleus and other organelles enclosed in membranes. Plants, animals, and various other organism are eukaryotes.

Ethylene

Tomatoes

Ethylene is a small, naturally occurring hydrocarbon, but it can also occur as a result of combustion and other processes. You can't see or smell it. Fruit will produce ethylene when they begin to ripening.

Deciduous Leaf

Maple Leaf

Deciduous is used to refer to trees or shrubs that lose their leaves seasonally and to the shedding of other plant structures such as petals. Usually in fall, the leaves of these plants with turn red, orange, and yellow before they fall off, and then they will be regrown in spring.

Connective Tissue

Skin

Connective tissue is one of the four types of biological tissue that supports, connects, or separates different types of tissues and organs in the body. This type of tissue is found in between other tissues everywhere in the body.

Conifer Leaf

Pine Needles

A conifer is a type of plant that produces evergreen needles and cones. Unlike deciduous trees, they do not lose their leaves in the fall and stay green all year round. The cones produces by conifers carry the pollen and seeds used for reproduction. 

Chlorophyta

Green Algae

Chlorophyta is a division of green algae and sea weed. It can be unicellular, multi-cellular, colonial, or coenocytic. Like other green plants, Chlorophyta contain chlorophylls a and b, although the major pigment is chlorophyll b. They have adapted to both fresh and salt water.

Cambium

Tree Trunk

Cambium is a layer of actively dividing cells between xylem (wood) and phloem (bast) tissues that is responsible for the secondary growth of stems and roots. It is found in trees right underneath the bark. 

Basidiomycete

Mushrooms

Basidiomycetes, also known as club fungi, include mushrooms, puffballs, and shelf fungi. The key characteristic of these fungi is the basidium, their spore-producing structure. This basidium has a club-shape, which explains why basidomycetes are nicknamed “club fungi.”

Angiosperm

Flowers

Angiosperms are seed-producing plants with characteristics including flowers, endosperms within seed, and the production of fruits that contain seed. These characteristics make angiosperms the most diverse and numerous land plants.

Amniotic Egg

Chicken Egg

An amniotic egg of reptiles and birds has a tough outer-shell that protects the fetus from predators, pathogens, damage, and drying. There are four sacs inside the egg for the chorion, amnion, allantois, and yolk.

Pollen

Anthers of a Flower

Pollen is power produces by plants containing gametophytes of seeds often found on the anthers of flowering plants. Each grain contains a male gamete that is transported to fertilize the female ovule either by the wind, insects, or other animals.

Tendril of a Plant

Pumpkins

A tendril is a specialized stem or leaf for climbing plants that grows in spiral form. They stretched out and wrap around anything they can reach to support the plant. Pumpkins have tendrils that grow out of their stems and may also produce leaves.

Xerophyte

Cactus

A xerophyte is a plant that has adapted to live in a climate that has little water such as a desert or tundra. A cactus has the ability to go long periods without water and can store it inside of them and save it for when the plant needs it.

Pollinator

Honey Bee

A pollinator is an organism that moves pollen from the male anthers the female stigma to accomplish fertilization of the female gametes in the ovule of the flower by the male gametes from the pollen. Bee accomplish this when they collect flower nectar to create honey.

Long Day Plant

Lettuce

A long day plant is one that flowers only after being exposed to sunlight longer than a certain critical length, as in summer. These types of plants are normally planted in late spring and and grown throughout the summer.

K Strategist

Giraffe

K strategist are animals that usually have few offspring at a time. Larger animals that have a long life span and late maturity often follow this type reproduction method. Unlike r strategist, they can reproduce multiple times because they are expected to live long enough to be able to.

Endotherms

Snow Leopards

Endotherms are animals that maintain their body at a constant, warm temperature. Mammals and birds are endoterms.

Ectotherms

Anaconda

Ectoterms are animals that depend on outside sources for body heat such sunlight and water temperature. Reptiles, amphibians, insects, and fish are ectoterms.

Echinoderm

Starfish

Echinderms are a species of marine animals know for their radial symmetry. They can regenerate tissue, organs, limbs, and reproduce asexually. A starfish is classified as an echinderm because of it's star shape and ability to regrow limbs.

Dicot Plant with Flower and Leaf

Hibiscus

A dicot plant are flowering plants that have seeds with two cotyledons and flowers with four or five petals each. The veins on the leaves of these plants are organized in networks. A hibiscus flowers follows all the conditions to be a dicot plant.

Cuticle Layer of a Plant

Leaves

The cuticle layer of a plant is the waterproof protective layer on leaves that covers epidermal cells and prevents water from escaping. It consists of cutin, a waxy, water-repellent substance, that also makes up the skin of many types of fruit.

Cnidarian

Coral

Cnidarians are marine organisms with bodies made out of mesoglea, a non-living jelly-like substance, and specialized cells that help them capture their prey. Each coral polyp consists of a sac-like animal only a few millimeters in diameter and a few centimeters in length with a set of tentacles surround a mouth opening.

Cellulose

Cell Wall

Cellulose is the compound that makes up the cell wall in plants. The bonds between each cellulose molecule are very strong, which makes it very hard to break down. Cellulose is found in every plant which is why it is the most abundant organic compound on earth.

Carbohydrate - Fibrous

Broccoli

Fibrous carbohydrates are carbohydrates that come from green vegetables. They are high in fiber, minerals, vitamins, and other nutrients. Unlike non-fibrous carbohydrates, they don't elevate your blood sugar levels and provide a lot of calories.

Calvin Cycle

Stroma of the Chloroplast

The Calvin Cycle is the light independent reaction of photosynthesis that turns carbon dioxide into glucose. There are three phases: carbon fixation, reduction reactions, and ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate (RuBP) regeneration. It takes place in the stroma of the chloroplast, which can be found in plants.

C4 Plant

Corn

A C4 plant first fixes CO2 into a compound containing four carbon atoms before entering the Calvin cycle of photosynthesis. C4 plants have a better chance of surviving in environments consisting of high temperatures, intense sunlight, lack of rain, lack of nitrogen, or lack of CO2.

Bryophyte

Moss

Bryophates are plants without vascular tissue and are often referred to are "non-vascular plants". They do not produce flowers or seed, and they reproduce through spores.

Autotroph

Tree

An autotroph is an organism that produces organic compounds usually from light or inorganic chemical reactions. A tree uses photosynthesis to produce oxygen from carbon dioxide and energy from light.

Arthropod

Tarantula

An arthropod is an invertebrate with an exoskeleton, a segmented body, and joint legs.

Insects, arachnids, myriapods, and crustaceans are classified as arthropods.

Animal with a Segmented Body

Leaf-Cutter Ants

An animal that has repetitive divisions in it's body is segmented. A Leaf-cutter ant's body is separated into four different parts: it's head, torso, abdomon, and legs. 

Adaption of a Plant

Lily Pads

Lily pads are plants that have evolved the survive in water. They have flexible stems that move with water currents and restrict chlorophyll to the top pads because it's the only part of the plant that receives sunlight. 

Adaptation of an Animal

Polar Bear

Polar bears have specific adaptations that help them survive in the arctic. They have webbed paws for swimming, the ability to close their nostrils while underwater, and blubber to keep them warm in cold temperatures.