Adaptation
The environment we created was essentially a candy land, with its most-notable feature being a bubble-gum pond. The average temperature maintained around 60-70 degrees Fahrenheit, so it was a comfortable place to live in terms of temperature. The atmosphere was about as thick as the one on Earth, minus the decaying ozone. The only rocks in the geosphere included pop rock candies and every time bubble gum rain would come down, the rocks would start popping. The atmosphere had a smell of strawberry licorice, too. The three primary consumers our partner group created for our land were cotton candy trees, gummy algae, and rock candy bushes. All of these were pink for camouflage purposes. Their primary consumers were a non-carnivorous gummy bear who feasted on the rock candy bushes, and a bubblegum fish who consumed the gummy algae in the bubble gum pond. Both of these animals were pink for camouflage purposes, as well. Their secondary consumer was chocolate Godzilla, who was an omnivore that ate anything and everything in sight. These animals were well-adapted because since the chocolate Godzilla was so tall and its surroundings were all pink, it made spotting food more difficult.
The environment that our partner group designed happened to be a very uncomfortable place. Their hydrosphere contained hot springs which could reach temperatures up to 170 degrees Fahrenheit, contains a lot of iron, which gives it an orange color, and contains PCB's. Their geosphere included clay in the water, dry land that was orange because it contained a lot of iron, and either a mountain or valley of hot springs. The atmosphere was very warm; the average temperature is between 110-130 degrees Fahrenheit, contains strong wind currents, is hazy, the sky is purple, and so is the rain. The three producers we created for our environment included a Sunburst Tangerine Tree, and it was a bright orange tree that could absorb iron, another was a star-shaped mushroom with deep roots to withstand wind currents, has spikes for its defense and it sucks up the water from the ground, causing the land to become dry, and our last producer was a spongy cup-shaped plant. This plant can't consume iron, so it absorbs the rain water, and that's why it turns purple. Our primary consumers included a long-necked turtle and a skinless, non-carnivore cat. The turtle can survive in the hot water, and its long neck aids it in reaching the sunburst tangerine tree for food. The skinless cat doesn't have claws or sharp teeth, only eats the star-shaped mushrooms--it can eat the spikes without affecting the cat--and has chameleon-like camouflage to protect itself from the gazelle. Our secondary consumer was a gazelle-like creature. It was a carnivore, sharp teeth, horns to fight with other gazelles, and essentially lives the life of a shark. I thought these animals were very well-adapted given the adverse circumstances. The cat could camouflage itself from the gazelle, and the turtle could hide itself in the water when a gazelle was chasing it. Also, since all animals could withstand the iron, this made drinking water an easier task.
These are the Candy Land Creatures.
These are the creatures on the iron-invested land.
