4.+Plant+Life

= = = Plant Life =

The requirements for this are:
==1. Choose THREE plants that I DON'T KNOW ABOUT. Don't choose roses or dandelions or wheat. It is absolutely NECESSARY that you EDUCATE ME on plants that I don't know. If you are uncertain about your choices, have your __communicator__ ask me.==

3. Write a paragraph about EACH plant indicating the following:

 * ==__Why__ the temperature allows this plant to grow in this ecosystem. You and the climatologist will need to exchange information. (Explain often uses the word "because".)==
 * ==__Why__ the precipitation allows this plant to grow in this ecosystem.==
 * ==Try to find a relationship between this plant and an insect or animal in this ecosystem.==

e.g. [[image:file:///Users/rweldon/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/moz-screenshot-2.png]]
==4. Be sure that you mention the ADAPTATION(S) that this plant uses to survive in this ecosystem, e.g. The Antarctic lichen is one of 150 types of lichens. Because it can withstand extremely cold temperature and a lack of precipitation, it can grow in the extreme temperatures of the Antarctica. The adaptation this plant uses is to grow between the cracks in rocks where precipitation gathers. == == 5. In your paragraph for each plant also __include__: size, color, growing season, leaf size, if this plant is a perennial ((Does it "die" during the winter and come back again in the spring on its own.) seed size, how its seed is spread, fruit size, if there is any, whether the fruit is edible to humans, animals or neither, if its roots grow deeply or are spread out in a shallow fan, whether this plant grows inland or by the shore, in a high or low area, if the plant is native to this ecosystem or belongs to an "invading species" group, a plant introduced into this system by man. == ====
 * === Antarctic lichen, found within 400 km of the South Pole. ===
 * ==[[image:Antartica_plant_2.png]]==