Hermaphrodite- Mushroom

Hermaphrodite- 4:12 p.m., August 1^st, in my yard. An organism, plant or animal, having both male and female reproductive organs, that is capable of producing both male and female gametes. A mushroom represents this because it’s a fungus, which has both male and female reproductive organs. 

Nymph- Termite

Nymph- 4:05 p.m., August 1^st, in my yard. The young of an insect that undergoes incomplete metamorphosis, an immature insect. These young termites are nymphs because they are juvenile and have not yet morphed into the adult phase.

Chitin- Beetle Exoskeleton

Chitin- 4:25 p.m., August 1^st, in my yard. Chitin is tough but flexible exoskeleton or arthropods. The shell of a beetle represents Chitin because a beetle is an arthropod and it’s shell is a tough outer layer. 

Gametophyte- Moss

Gametophyte- 4;28 p.m., August 1^st, in my yard. In plants and photosynthetic protists with an alternation of generations the haploid phase, that produces the gametes. Moss is a gametophyte because it is a photosynthetic protist. 

Vitamin E- Natural source- Avocado

Naturally Derived Source of Vitamin E- 8:45 p.m., August 21^st, my kitchen. Vitamin E includes seeds, nuts, and vegetable oils. An avocado is a vegetable and contains fatty oils. 

Carotenoid- Orange Pepper

Carotenoid- 8:00 p.m., August 21^st, in my garden. A yellow, orange, or red lipid pigment commonly found as an accessory pigment in photosynthesis in fungi. An orange pepper has pigment and is a plant

Taiga Plant- Pine Tree

Taiga Plant- 7:45 a.m., August 21^st, in my yard. Plants that live in the ecosystem known as a taiga. Taigas are forests mainly in sub-arctic regions. Taiga plants mainly include coniferous trees. A pine tree is a taiga plant because it’s coniferous.

(The oak tree is blocking the view of the pine needles)