Athens - Key People
An aristocrat who created very harsh laws in Athens.
Draco.
A group of atoms held together by chemical bonds.
Molecule
A form of government in which the power is in the hands of one person who took power by force.
Tyranny
The living and nonliving parts of a community
Ecosystem
A form of government in which the power is in the hands of one person, such as a king.
Monarchy
A good tyrant who brought peace and prosperity to Athens.
Peisistratus.
The ability to do work or cause change.
Energy.
Term for rich landowners. Had the power in an oligarchy.
Aristocrats
An individual, living thing.
Organism
A chemical substance that is present at the start of a chemical reaction.
Reactant
Nicknamed 'The Founder of Democracy'. Gegain democracy in Athens.
Cleisthenes.
An organism that can make its own food by using energy from its surroundings.
Producer
A type of democracy where citizens are all directly involved in the voting and decision-making.
Direct Democracy
How nature reuses carbon atoms.
Carbon Cycle
A simple sugar that is an important source of energy.
Glucose
Who led Athenian democracy to its greatest heights.
Pericles.
An organism that breaks down and obtains energy from dead organic matter.
Decomposer
A type of democracy where citizens elect people to represent them in the government.
Representative Democracy
The process by which one or more substances change to produce one or more different substances.
Chemical Reaction
The nation north of Greece invaded Athens and ended democracy.
Macedonia
Who created laws that made all free men in Athens citizens.
Solon
A living part of an ecosystem.
Biotic Factor.
A form of government in which the power is in the hands of a few wealthy aristocrats.
Oligarchy
The process by which plants and some other organisms use light energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and high-energy carbohydrates such as sugars and starches.
Photosynthesis
The process by which cells use oxygen to produce energy from food.
Cellular respiration