Climate Change
What is the main greenhouse gas responsible for climate change?
What is carbon dioxide (CO2)?
What is the main purpose of cellular respiration?
What is to produce energy in the form of ATP?
What is the main pigment in plants that absorbs light for photosynthesis?
What is chlorophyll?
This is the process by which living organisms produce offspring.
What is reproduction?
What is the term for organisms that produce their own food in an ecosystem?
What are producers or autotrophs?
Name one human activity that increases greenhouse gas emissions.
What is burning fossil fuels or deforestation?
In what organelle does most of cellular respiration occur?
What is the mitochondrion?
In what organelle does photosynthesis take place?
What is the chloroplast?
Living organisms maintain a stable internal environment, known as this.
What is homeostasis?
What is the role of decomposers in an ecosystem?
What is breaking down dead organisms and recycling nutrients?
What is one noticeable effect of climate change on the weather?
What are more intense storms or extreme temperatures?
What are the three stages of cellular respiration?
What are glycolysis, the Krebs cycle, and the electron transport chain?
What does a plant need from the sun to perform photosynthesis?
What is light energy?
This characteristic of life involves the ability to respond to changes in the environment.
What is respond to stimuli?
How much energy is transferred from each trophic level?
What is 10%?
What is the term for long-term changes in temperature and weather patterns?
What is climate change?
What is the molecule that serves as the energy currency of the cell?
What is ATP (adenosine triphosphate)?
What gas is absorbed by plants during photosynthesis?
What is carbon dioxide (CO2)?
This is the process by which organisms change and develop over time, often leading to new generations.
What is evolution?
What is the term that describes the different animals and plants interacting with both biotic and abiotic factors in a habitat?
What is an ecosystem?
Explain how deforestation contributes to climate change.
What is reducing the number of trees that absorb CO2?
Write the chemical equation for cellular respiration.
What is C6H12O6 + 6O2 → 6CO2 + 6H2O + energy (ATP)?
Write the chemical equation for photosynthesis.
What is 6CO2 + 6H2O + light energy → C6H12O6 + 6O2?
All living organisms are composed of one or more of these basic building blocks.
What are cells?
Explain the difference between a food chain and a food web.
What is a food chain shows a single pathway of energy flow, while a food web shows interconnected pathways?