SPECIFIC

Adaptation Card

10 POINTS

“My special SALT glands help me filter
out the salt from the
WATER!”

cool, warm

Graphic by Rajneet Mattu

SALTWATER CROCODILE

Crocodylus porosus
Scale 8 Diat: carnivore , Hierachy 3

/ / Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia / / 11 POINTS

SPECIFIC ADAPTATION CLUE:

“If you do not want any SALT in your WATER then I am the organism to call!”

GENERAL ADAPTATIONS

  • Jaw Strength

cool, warm

Graphic by Rajneet Mattu

SALTWATER

Environment Card

CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Cold water comes from the Poles and warm water comes from the Tropics
  • 90% of Oceans receives no sunlight

EXAMPLE: Pacific Ocean

NATURE ALERT: Saltwater sources are being destroyed by human caused contamination!

cool, warm

Graphic by Rajneet Mattu

SPECIFIC

Adaptation Card

10 POINTS

“My elevated NOSTRILS help me
go underwater to hunt but still
breath air!”

cool, warm

Graphic by Rajneet Mattu

SNAPPING TURTLE

Chelydra floridana
Scale 7 Diat: omnivore , Hierachy 3

/ / Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia / / 10 POINTS

SPECIFIC ADAPTATION CLUE:

“With a beak as cool as mine, I could not let
my NOSTRILS be ordinary!”

GENERAL ADAPTATIONS:

  • Flexibility

  • Camouflage
cool, warm

Graphic by Rajneet Mattu

SPECIFIC

Adaptation Card

10 POINTS

“My long SNOUT helps me catch prey
that is hiding under the rocks
in the rivers!”

cool, warm

Graphic by Rajneet Mattu