Organism processes
What is the series of chemical reactions that convert light energy, water (H2O), and carbon dioxide (CO2) into food-energy molecules (sugar) and give off oxygen?
Photosynthesis
What are the cells that make up the top and bottom layers of a leaf?
Epidermal cells
What is the name for a model of energy transfer that shows how food chains in a community are interconnected?
Food web
What is the name for a group of organisms that are the same species that live in the same area at the same time?
Population
What is the symbiotic relationship that benefits one species and harms the other?
Parasitism
What process do we go through to make energy?
Cellular respiration
Which plant cell organelle does photosynthesis take place?
Chloroplast
What is the name for an organism that makes their own food using sunlight?
Producers
What is the name for a group of organisms that have similar traits and are able to produce fertile offspring?
What is the name for a group of a species whose population is at risk of extinction?
Endangered
What is the process by which glucose (a sugar) is broken down into smaller molecules?
Glycolysis
What is the name for the small openings on the bottom epidermal layer of leaves that allow materials in and out of the leaves?
Stomata
What is the name for an organism that must get energy from other living things to survive because they do not make their own food?
Consumer
What is the name for all the populations of different species coming together in the same area at the same time?
Community
What is the name for a symbiotic relationship that benefits one species but does not harm or benefit the other?
Commensalism
What is the series of chemical reactions that convert the energy in food (Glucose) into a usable form of energy called ATP?
Cellular Respiration
What is the name for the green pigment that makes the green light is reflected back off of the plant and absorbs all other colors of light?
Chlorophyll
What is the name for an organism that must get their energy from feeding on the remains (dead) of other organisms?
Decomposer
What is the name for the potential growth of a population if it could grow in perfect conditions with no limiting factors?
Biotic potential
What is the name for a group of species that is at risk, but not yet endangered?
Threatened
Write the formula process for cellular respiration and photosynthesis.
CO2 + Sunlight + H2O = O2 + Glucose
O2 + Glucose = ATP + CO2 + H2O
What is the name for the process by which glucose (a sugar) is broken down into smaller molecules?
Glycolysis
What are the 3 kinds of diets that consumers can have? List all 3
Herbivore, omnivore, carnivore
What is the term for the largest number of individuals of one species that an ecosystem can support?
Carrying capacity
What is the term for a stable community that no longer goes through major ecological changes?
Dynamic equilibrium