Wetlands
A bag of rice might be considered a metaphor for this wetland function
What is it provides nutrient rich food for wildlife and for humans?
Oysters are this type of mollusc, because they have two shells
What is a bivalve?
This plant group includes mosses, liverworts, and hornworts
What are bryophytes?
These kingdoms contain prokaryotic organisms.
What are Eubacteria and Archaea?
These are two representative animals belonging to this phylum.
What are sea stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, brittle stars?
This is one characteristic of the sandy beach habitat.
What is: tidal, no plants reach the surface, sandy bottom?
These two microorganisms have wreaked havoc on oyster populations.
What are MSX and Dermo?
These are collectively called vascular tissue in higher plants.
What are xylem and phloem?
These two organisms serve as major decomposers on Earth.
What are fungi and eubacteria?
Echinoderms exhibit this type of symmetry.
What is radial?
Wetlands are characterized by these three characteristics.
What are water at least part of the time, characteristic soil, and characteristic plants?
This is the feeding method utilized by the oyster.
What is filter feeding?
These three adjectives describe how leaves might be arranged on a branch.
What are opposite, alternate, and whorled?
This organism is the only type of multicellular protist
What are slime molds?
These structures allow echinoderms to move.
What are tube feet?
This is the process by which pollutants build up in the bodies of consumers in a food web.
What is bioaccumulation?
These are the three main ways that oysters contribute to the ecosystem.
What are fisheries, filtering, and reef habitat?
This plant part is responsible for laying down new growth.
What is the cambuim?
This characteristic makes yeast different from other fungi
What is single celled?
This is the cause of sea star wasting disease.
What is densovirus?
This is the major difference between a seagrass bed and an aquatic plant bed.
What is salinity level?
For these reasons, the introduction of the Asian oyster has become controversial.
What are: damage to food web, non-native species, claim that they taste different, fear of out-competing native oysters
These are the differences between monocots and dicots.
What are leaf vein structure and number of seed parts?
These are the three main types of achaea
What are methanogens, halophiles, and thermophiles?
The word echinoderm means this in Latin
What is spiny-skinned?