David Bready Scavenger Hunt #1 June 22

 An egg is an example of a unicellular organism. Contained within an egg is everything that a cell needs and is surrounded by a fluid which serves as nutrients for the cell. For the cell to divide and incubate it needs to be surrounded by warmth constantly, however when you crack an egg the cell is dead because the egg is taken before the cell can divide.

 I am using this orange as an example of an enzyme because contained within its peel is an enzyme classified as a bilirubin-oxidizing enzyme. It has a pH level of 7.5. Compared to the majority of other enzymes, this specific one is remarkably stable and continues to work even after being heated to 100 degrees Celsius and even after prolonged digestion with proteinase K.

 This animal here is my dog Izzy. I am using her as an example of a bilaterally symmetrical animal. That means that if you were to cut the animal in half down ONE line then there would be two halves mirroring each other.

 This beetle is an example of an exoskeleton. It does not have any bones and has a hard shell surrounding its entire body. The hard shell is what we specifically call the exoskeleton. It provides support and protection for the beetle contained within.

These little things are my examples of pollen. When pollen season comes around these things right here are the culprit behind everything being coated in yellow pollen. On a pine tree there are two types of pine cones. the male pine cone (which is what i am holding) and the female pine cone (the big spiny brown things). The male pine cone releases the pollen into the air where it reaches the female pine cone which then becomes fertilized and begins releasing the seeds of the tree. When it is finished the pine cones fall and the tree begins growing new pine cones. Believe it or not but there are a few types of trees that have separate genders and cannot asexually reproduce.