Ecology

Sea shore community

A sea shore community consists of different animals and plants.Animals such as turtle,sea star,seagull,carbs,shell fish and other organisms.Plants such as seaweed,palm trees and coconut trees are found there.These animals defend their self through special adaptations.Crabs have claws and shells to defend their self,seagulls have fur through which they fly,sea star have soft bodies and have succers,turtles have shells which is known as their helmet so they hide their to defend their self and shell fish also have shells which help them to hide.

Light is a form of energy which can be detected by our eyes.Light enables animals to see so that they can move about,look for food and detect danger.Some animals  such the angler fish use light they produce to look for prey,confuse their predators or attract mates.Other example is that bats have large sensitive ears to help them hunt in the dark

Water is essential to life and it is  present in the environment of every organism.Tropical rain forests are conductive to life because they are warm and  wet.Scientists estimate that more than half of the worlds plant and animal species live in tropical rainforests which cover less than 10 percent of the earths land surface.

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Temperature is the degree of hotness.Most organisms are active at temperatures between 0 degrees celsius and 45 degree celsius.However,some aquatic organisms can remain active at freezing temperatures.At other extreme,certain invertebrates live in hot springs which have temperatures of about 50 degree celsius.The antarctic ice fish has an anti free protien that enables it to withstand the sub freezing temperatures of the seas around antarctica.Pompeii worms live at the hydrothermal vents in the pacific ocean and can thrive at temperatures of up 80 degree celsius.Some desert mammals and reptiles are nocturnal in order to survive the heat of the day.They stay in the their cool underground burrows or in the shade during the day and come out to look for food at night.