Scavenger Hunt #3

 This sand dollar is an example of a littoral zone organism. It lives in the littoral zone of beaches just about everywhere in the tropical weather zone. The littoral zone is the part of any water that meets shore. Lakes, rivers, streams, and oceans mainly. When shore meets water that is the littoral zone.

 It is hard to tell but there is webbing between my dog's toes. she can not be kept still so it was hard to get a picture but this webbing is her way of adapting to a watery environment. this makes it easier for her to swim.

It is a little difficult to see but there are four small and young leaves between the big leaves. Within these young leaves is a plant hormone called auxin. Here is a specific area where auxin is produced. Auxin promotes growth in new areas of a plant and promotes the growth of seeds and fruits in a plant. Auxin also softens the cell wall which makes it easier for the new leaves to grow and also that is why new leaves and stems are always soft.

This rice comes from a C3 plant which is a rice plant. C3 plants undergo a process known as the calvin cycle. Otherwise known as dark reactions. These are light-independent reactions that help produce energy for the plant. It is like photosynthesis only without the light.

This fern is also known as a frond. Fronds are simply defined as divided leaves. Fronds are mainly found in ferns than any other plant in the world. The "stem" of this fern is one big leaf that branches off into other leaves. Fronds can be found in other plants but some botanologists  consider the fern the only frond plant in existence.

















Mrs. Lory i want to apologize on the two day late turn in of the third scavenger hunt. We were in Tennessee visiting family and instead of coming back Thursday we came back late Saturday so please excuse me for being late on this.