EC 1. Xylem: Xylem is found throughout the plant and its basic function is the transport of water. The best known xylem tissue is wood.

EC 2. Cambium: Cambium is the source of both xylem and phloem in a plant, and is located between the two.

EC 3. Parasite: A parasite is something that feeds on other living organisms, shown here is the effect of a parasite on a tomato in my back yard.

EC 4. Adaptation of a plant: This plant has adapted to its environment by growing around this rail, which allows it to absorb more sunlight, necessary for photosynthesis, than it would on the ground.

EC 5. Mutualism: In mutualism, both involved parties benefit, in this case, the butterfly gets food, and the flower is able to reproduce via pollination caused by the butterfly.

EC 6. Sporophyte: In most plants, the sporophyte makes up the whole body of the plant, excluding the pollen.

EC 7. Rhizome: A rhizome is a horizontal underground root, show here is an iris root, which would usually be underground, and horizontal. But, i had to dig it up to take the picture. Sorry.

EC 8. Annelid: Annelids are a large phylum of segmented worms, including this earthworm.

EC 9. Protostome: This earthworm is a protostome, a group of animals with bilateral symmetry.

EC 10. Porifera: The sponge show here belongs to the phylum porifera, which means "pore-bearer"

EC 11. Pollinator: As butterflies land on flowers to feed, pollen from the male anthers adheres to their appendages, sticking while they fly to different flowers, then landing on the female stigma of the new flower, thus pollinating the second plant.

EC 12. Phloem: Phloem is the innermost layer of bark in a tree, used to transport nutrients, particularly sucrose, to all parts of the plant.

EC 13. Hermaphrodite: This snail is an example of a hermaphrodite, because it has both male and female reproductive organs.

EC 14. Fungus: This is an example of fungus on a stump.

EC 15. Mycelium: Mycelium is the vegetative part of a fungus, used to decompose plant material.

EC 16. Lepidoptera: This butterfly is a member of the order lepidoptera, which includes most moths and butterflies.

EC 17. Heartwood: Heartwood is a portion of the tree trunk that has gone through a process to make it more resistant to decay, heartwood always looks different from the surrounding, still living section of the trunk, here it is the more reddish section in the center.

EC 18. Cellulose: Cellulose is the primary component in the cell wall of green plants, and can be seen here in the new leaves of this maple tree.

EC 19. Commensalism: This lichen on a swing is an example of commensalism because the lichen benefits, and the wood is unaffected.

EC 20. Amniotic Egg: A chicken egg is amniotic because it has a calcium based shell and large yolk, enabling it to survive in drier environments.

1. Animal With A Segmented Body: This fly has a segmented body consisting of the head, thorax, and abdomen.

2. Anther And Filament Of A Stamen: The stamen is the male reproductive organ of flowers, the long part of the stamen is called the filament and on top of that is the anther, where the pollen is.

3. Arthropod: This butterfly is an example of an arthropod because an arthropod is an invertebrate with an exoskeleton, jointed appendages, and a segmented body, and the butterfly has all of these traits.

4. Autotroph: This apple and apple tree is an example of an autotroph because it produces its own food by photosynthesis.

5. Auxin Producing Area Of A Plant: Auxin is a hormone in plants produced in new leaves and meristems. Shown is a young maple leaf.

6. Lichen: This is a picture of lichen living on a log in the woods behind my house.

7. Bryophyte: Bryophytes are non vascular and have neither flowers nor seeds. They reproduce by spores instead, this moss is an example of a bryophyte.

8. Chitin: The exoskeleton of this butterfly is made of chitin.

9. Conifer Leaf: This spruce is a conifer and these are its leaves.

10. Cuticle Layer Of A Plant: the cuticle layer of a plant is the waxy covering over the leaves, seen here on the leaves of the rubber plant on my front porch.

11. Deciduous Leaf: This maple leaf is deciduous because maple trees lose all their leaves seasonally, which is what all deciduous trees do.

12. Deuterostome: This chicken, like all other birds, is a deuterostome. The blur on the left is my army man, i couldnt get it focused, sorry guys.

13. Dicot Plant With Leaf And Flower: this flower (with the army man on top of it) is dicot because its leaves are a multiple of five and the veins in its leaves are reticulated and branched.

14. Diploid Chromosome Number: All body cells in humans have a diploid chromosome number, the cells in my hand included.

15. Endotherm: My dog Lily is an endotherm because she regulates her own body temperature by homeostasis.

16. Epithelial Tissue: Epithelial tissue makes up the skin and covers the whole body. It is shown here on my hand.

17. Eukaryote: Michaela is a Eukaryote because her cells each have a nucleus and organelles.

18. Exoskeleton: Butterflies have a chitinous covering over their whole body called an exoskeleton.

19. Flower Ovary: This is an example of a flower with an inferior ovary, where the ovary is not visible. In flowers with this type of ovary, instead of having it inside the flower it is right below the flower, you can see the slightly thicker part of the stem in the picture where the ovary is.

20. Frond: This potted fern in my house has fronds, which are large divided leaves.

21. Fruit - Dry With Seeds: This pea is an example of a dry fruit with seeds. It has no fleshy part, the seeds are just sitting inside the empty, dry interior of the pea.

22. Fruit - Fleshy With Seeds: blackberries (trust me they're blackberries, these just weren't ripe)

are a simple fleshy fruit with seeds.

23. Gametophyte: In moss the gametophyte is the commonly known phase of the plant. The plant undergoes mitosis and produces male and female haploid gametes. The fusion of these produce a diploid zygote.

24. Gymnosperm Cone: This is a hemlock cone, hemlocks are a species of gymnosperms.

25. Insect: Butterflies are insects because they have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three part body, three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes, and

two antenna, traits that are found in all insects.

26. Keratin: hair, nails, claws, shells, and scales are all made of keratin. I took a picture of the one i had easiest access to.

27. K Strategist: Humans are K strategists because they live a long life, have a larger body size than R strategists, and produce fewer offspring that require extensive care.

28. Stem - Woody: This tree has a woody stem that supports it and allows it to grow from this above ground stem every year, making it taller and taller.

29. Tendril Of A Plant: This garden pea's tendrils are used for support and attachment while climbing things it is growing on.

30. Thorn Of A Plant: This vine has thorns used for protection.

#1. Adaptation of an animal: This is my pet rabbit, Toni. At first glance he seems like a normal rabbit, but I actually saved him from impending doom when my neighbor ran over his nest when he was about twelve days old. It took him awhile to get used to his new home and family, but now a lot of things have changed ever since I kept him. One thing he has adapted in his new environment is that cottontail rabbits are usually nocturnal, but every morning when I wake up he comes over to greet me. :3 He makes me a happy owner.


#2. Thorn of a plant: This lime plant is a perfect example of a thorny plant. Thorns are used to protect the plant from some potential predators such as deer.

#3. Adaptation of a plant: Notice how this tomato plant is physically wrapping itself around the plastic tube. This is because my mother wanted it to stay strong against the wind and rain. She turns it in certain directions so that the plant adapts to the sudden directional change and grows toward the light source; wrapping itself around the tube. I think it's ingenious if you ask me.

#4. Eukaryote: This is my nephew, Dylan. Due to the fact that he is multicellular and those cells have complex organelles, he's a eukaryote.

#5. Autotroph: This basket of flowers is an example of an autotroph because it's able to produce it's own food. Some heterotrophic birds decided to nest here. D:

#6. Fruit - dry with seed: These green beans are dry fruit because it's neither fleshy nor are the seeds enclosed, they're just sitting inside.

#7. Fruit - fleshy with seed: On the other hand, all of the fruits here are fleshy fruits.

#8. Water properties - cohesion, adhesion, surface tension: The polarity of the water on this plant creates cohesion and adhesion. The cohesion and adhesion creates surface tension on the leaves of the plant.

#9. Exoskeleton: This brown butterfly has an exoskeleton, which is an external and tough covering made of chitin. This protects it's organs and supports it's body.

#10. Lichen: This gray, green stuff growing on
this tree trunk is a type of fungus called lichen. Lichen typically grow on rocks and tree trunks.

#11. Stem - Woody: The tree shown here has a woody stem because the wood is used as the structural tissue.

#12. Cuticle Layer of a plant: The leaves of a plant have a very thin film covering the surface of the plant, derived from the epidermal cells. This is the cuticle layer.

#13. Stem - Herbaceous: The aloe leaf shown here is actually a stem modified to have the same properties as a leaf, thus making it herbaceous. The real leaves are the spines sticking out of the stem itself.

#14. Insect: This red-eyed (and very hard to see) fly is an example of an insect. It has six legs and a segmented body.

#15. Frond: Ferns, like this one, are made up of fronds which are large and divided leaves.

#16. Cellulose: Cellulose is a carbohydrate and is the chief constituent in not only the cell walls of plants, but also in wood, cotton, and even plain old paper.

#17. Dicot plant with flower and leaf: Roses are examples of dicots because they have four to five petals and the seeds of roses can easily be split into two as opposed to staying as one seed.

#18. Deciduous leaf: This maple tree has deciduous leaves because the leaves fall off and grow back seasonally.

#19. Monocot plant with flower and leaf: Lillies are a type of monocots because they have one seed leaf and it's petals are in parts of threes.

#20. Fungus: These Shitake mushrooms are one of many species within the Fungae kingdom. Fungus may have cell walls, but their walls are made of chitin instead of cellulose like plants, and they do not go through photosynthesis.

#21. Endotherm: All mammals, including this cat, are endotherms. Endotherms are able to regulate their own body temperature and are usually able to keep it at a constant level.

#22. Anther and Filament of Stamen: The stamen is the male reproductive organ of a flower. The stamen has stalks called filaments, and at the top of the filament is the anther. The anther is where the pollen comes out.

#23. Amniotic Egg: The pictured snake necked turtle egg is an example of an amniotic egg. Amniotic eggs are terrestially adapt.

#24. Animal that has a segmented body: These delicious blue crabs have body plans that have repetitive segments.

#25. Arthropod: Crayfish have an exoskeleton, a segmented body, and jointed appendages. This makes them an arthropod.

#26. Chitin: Chitin is a polymer derived from glucose. It can be found in the cell walls of fungi, and in the exoskeleton of many creatures including these horseshoe shrimp.

#27. Cnidarian: Jellyfish are cnidarians because they have specialized cells that are used mainly for capturing pray.

#28. Echinoderm: Echinoderms are known for their "spiny skin" such as this sea urchin.

#29. Ectotherm: Turtles are cold blooded animals, so they are ectothermic.

#30. Hermaphrodite: Snails are hermaphroditic because they carry both female and male reproductive organs.

Sample Post

1. This is an example of water properites, cohesion and adhesion, due to polarity.

2. This is an example of a vertebrate organism, specifically my boxer Apollo!