Carbon Cycle Vocab.
Carbon Cycle
Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis
Cellular Respiration
Ecosystems
Ecosystems
Ecosystems
100
The physical breaking down of rocks
What is weathering
100
The process by which carbon is moved from dead animals to the ground
What is decomposition
100

The structure in which photosynthesis takes place is the

chloroplast

100

T/F Plants use photosynthesis, but not cellular respiration.

FALSE!


Plants do photosynthesis and cellular respriation.

100

In cellular respiration this sugar is broken down.

Glucose

100

Organisms that can make their own food.

Autotrophs/Producers

100

Higher trophic levels of a food web generally have

Larger organisms and less overall energy available.

100

What is the law of conservation of energy?

The law of conservation of energy states that energy cannot be created or destroyed.

200
Autotrophs make their own food by using energy from the sun to make sugar.
What is Photosynthesis
200
Carbon move from rock storage by.
What is weathering and erosion
200

The energy for photosynthesis comes from this.

The sun

200

Identify the products of photosynthesis. (2)

Glucose and Oxygen

C6H12O6 and O2

200

The organelle where cellular respiration takes place.

Mitochondria

200

Organisms that must eat other organisms for food.

Heterotrophs / Consumers

200

What does a decomposer do?

Breaks down dead plants and animals.

200

How does energy move through an ecosystem?

Energy enters most ecosystems as sunlight, which some producers use to make food.

300
Cells convert sugar to energy, CO2 is released.
What is Respiration
300
Three ways carbon is moved ground to the atmosphere?
What is burning of fossil fuels, forest fires, and volcanic eruptions.
300

The purpose of the chlorphyll is 

to absorb the suns light

300

Identify the reactants of photosynthesis. (3)

Carbon Dioxide CO2

Water H2O

Sunlight

300

The molecule produced during cellular respiration that organisms use as energy for all metabolic activities to stay alive.

ATP Energy

300

The arrows in a food web point...

In the direction the energy travels.

300

How is energy transferred among organisms?

Organisms change energy from the environment or from their food into other types of energy.

300

Describe the relationship between decomposers and producers.

Decomposers break down organic material and make it available for producers.

400
The movement of broken down rocks by water and wind
What is Erosion
400
The 2 processes animals do to add carbon to the atmosphere.
What is Methane gas and respiration
400

This gas is used during photosynthesis to make sugars.

CO2

400

How cellular respiration and photosynthesis are related?

The products of photosynthesis are the reactants in cellular respiration and vice versa.

400

Reactants needed for cellular respiration.

glucose and oxygen

400

A complex map showing the relationships between different organisms and how energy is transferred throughout an ecosystem is known as a(n)

Food Web

400

What is an ecosystem?

A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment. 


Abiotic and Biotic Interactions

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