Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis is the process of plants making their own food to obtain this -- we get ours from eating food!
One of the major ingredients of Cellular Respiration is this molecule -- we wouldn't be able to breathe without it!
What is Oxygen?
These are used in food chains to show the direction of energy flow in an ecosystem.
What are arrows?
This is the invisible gas molecule that gets cycled throughout nature by plants & animals.
What is Carbon Dioxide?
The process of water vapor being drawn into the atmosphere out of oceans & lakes
What is Evaporation?
This is the main source of energy for all life on Earth -- plants use its light to carry out Photosynthesis!
What is the Sun?
Another ingredient for Cellular Respiration, this is the food energy molecule produced by plants during Photosynthesis.
What is Glucose?
The lowest level of the food chain, these organisms make their own food using energy from the Sun!
What are Producers?
This is the process of plants using carbon dioxide, sunlight, and water to create the food molecule Glucose.
What is Photosynthesis?
This is when water falls down from the sky as rain, snow, sleet or hail.
What is Precipitation?
We drink this with our mouths, but plants absorb this liquid through their roots, and it is a key ingredient of Photosynthesis.
What is Water?
This is the energy molecule produced during cellular respiration -- just look at All That Power!
What is ATP?
These are the "top dogs" of a food chain -- they have no natural predators. Run into one of these guys, and it's bad news!
What are Apex Predators?
What is Decomposition?
This happens when water vapor cools down into liquid, forming a cloud.
What is Condensation?
The part of a plant that is the site of Photosynthesis -- you'll find a lot of these on the ground right now!
What is a Leaf?
Cellular Respiration & Photosynthesis pass elements back and forth between each other, creating this cycle.
What is the Cell Energy Cycle?
Primary Consumers, which feed on the Producers in a food chain, are typically this type of organism -- a vegetarian, if you will.
What is an Herbivore?
This is the scientific term for burning something!
What is Combustion?
This is the process of water vapor being released from plant leaves.
What is Transpiration?
This is the tiny green organelle in a plant cell where Photosynthesis occurs.
What is a Chloroplast?
This is the first step of Cellular Respiration -- the breakdown of glucose into smaller molecules.
What is Glycolysis?
These guys have a special job -- they break down dead organisms and help plants get their nutrients. Cleanup on Aisle 10!
What are Decomposers?
Over a long period of time, a decomposed organism may turn into one of these -- used to power our cars, planes and factories.
What are Fossil Fuels?
Also called collection, this is the process of water gathering into lakes & oceans after precipitation.
What is Accumulation?