Diario del proyecto Animal&Vegetal Biodiversity across Turkey, France and Lebanon

1. One adaptation that all the observations in your group project have in common:
   Plant and animal cells are very similar in the sense the they are both eukaryotic cells, containing membrane bound organelles such as nuclei, lysosomes, etc.

2. One unique adaptation for one of the observations: True Sparrows
   These sparrows are plump little brown or greyish birds, often with black, yellow or white markings. Several species have adapted to human habitation, and this has enabled the house sparrow in particular, in close association with humans, to extend its Eurasian range well beyond what was probably its original home in the Middle East.

3. Pick one observation and locate that species on a phylogenetic tree: Trumpet Vines (Genus Campsis)
   Plantae- Tracheophytes-Angiosperms- Eudicots-Asterids-Lamiales-Bignoniaceae

Phylogeny for Southern Cone Marigold (Also known as Mexican Marigold):

All life – Eukaryotes – Plants – Land plants – Seed plants – Flowering plants – Eudicots – Pentapentalae – Asterids – Asterales – daisy family – Asteroideae – Heliantheae alliance – Tageteae - Tagetes- Southern Cone Marigold

One unique adaptation for one of my observations:

The Large White-headed Gull species that I observed has developed fins at his feet (or webbed feet). Having webbed feet helps them maneuver efficiently in water.

One adaptation that all my observations have in common:

All of my observations are multi cellular organisms. All of them depend on an ecosystem that they take part in (the captive plants do not actually really take part in that system but they do when in their natural habitat).

One trait that all observation have in common:
Animals, plants, and insects are large multicellular organisms that have adapted and evolved to survive according to their environments, increasing the percentage of their descendants.

One unique trait for one observation: Pine trees
Pine trees have adapted to winter weather and a shorter growing season with a conical tree shape that allows them to shed snow, and by staying green year-round so they can produce food through photosynthesis early in spring.

Phylogeny for one selected observation: Golden jackal
Animals - bilaterally symmetrical animals - protostomes - mandibulates - tetrapod - carnivores - mammals - canidae.

Phylogeny for one selected observation - Mantis Religiosa
Animals > Bilaterally symmetrical animals > Nephrozoa > protostomes > Ecdysozoa > Crustaceans, insects and more > Mandiabulates > Pancrustacea > Hexapods > Insects>Dicondylia > Winged insects > Modern, wing-folding insect s> Polyoptera > Cockroaches and relatives > Mantidis > Praying mantis

One trait that all observations have in common:
Both animals and plants are multicellular organisms that have over time adapted to their environment via natural selection. Both plant and animal cells have adapted to absorb nutrients and convert those nutrients into usable energy.

One unique adaptation for one of your observations: Passiflora Caerulae
The Passiflora Caerulae is a very fast-growing climbing vine. Thanks to its tendrils, the Passiflora Caerulae sets itself up on supports.