Energy Roles
a series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy.
What is a food chain.
The unit of all living things.
What is a cell?
The process by which living things obtain and use energy from their environment
What is metabolism?
many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.
What is food web.
CO2 + H2O ---˃ C6H12O6 + O2 + ATP
What is photosynthesis?
A diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web.
What is an energy pyramid?
How much energy is transferred from one organism to another when feeding on one another?
What is 10 percent.
2H2O ----˃ H2 + O2 in thylakoids
What are the light-dependent reactions?
List two major groups of decomposers.
What is bacteria and fungi.
It breaks down waste and dead matter
What is a decomposer?
It consists of biotic and abiotic components that interact within a system.
What is an ecosystem?
Identify the energy roles of the following organisms in a pond ecosystem: tadpole, algae, heron.
What is algae: producer Tadpole: herbivore/first level consumer Heron: consumer/ carnivore/ second level consumer
The ability of living organisms to maintain a stable internal environment despite changes in the external environment
What is homeostasis
What are the three energy roles all organisms in the ecosystem fit into?
What are producers, consumers, and decomposers.
From where do chemotrophs obtain energy?
What is organic matter?
What are the common features in all types of cells?
What are membrane, cytoplasm, and ribosomes?
The process by which living things release energy from food to perform various life activities
Respiration