Ecosystems
An animal that eats meat
What is a carnivore?
In a food web or chain, who has the most energy?
The plants
What is the byproduct of photosynthesis?
carbon Dioxide
This is the process of converting food into energy using oxygen.
What is cellular respiration?
Living factors in the environment
Biotic Factors
This organism returns dead matter back to the environment by decomposing it
What is a decomposer?
The ultimate source of energy in a food chain is..
The sun
Photosynthesis takes ____ and ____ and converts it into Glucose and Oxygen
What is light and Carbon Dioxide
The flow of oxygen through all living things is caled this
The oxygen cycle
Nonliving things that affect the environment
abiotic factors
When two different species compete for the same resource.
What is interspecific competition?
Give an example of a decomposer
fungi or bacteria
Photosynthesis takes sunlight and carbon dioxide and creates these two things
Oxygen and Glucose (*sugar)
What part of the cell does cellular respiration take place?
Mitochondria
Thtis is the flow of carbon from the earth, to organisms and back to the earth.
What is the Carbon Cycle?
Any relationship in which two species live closely together
What is symbiosis?
These organisms break down dead matter
What is a decomposer?
True or false: The sun is used to turn energy into glucose
True
What is a carbon source
Name something that will increase carbon levels in the atmosphere
fire, burning, volcanic eruptions
A relationship between two different species where both species benefit from the relationship
What is Mutualism
A food web is made up of...
This organelle in the plant cells is where photosynthesis takes place
What are chloroplasts
This gas is required for cellular respiration to occur in most organisms.
What is oxygen
Something that removes carbon from the atmosphere