Vocabulary
Things in an environment that are living (or were once living) would be called
Biotic
This is the chemical formula for water
H2O
Plants and animals have this organelle for cell respiration
Mitochondria
An organism that makes its own food energy
Producer
First African American female engineer to work at NASA
Mary Jackson
What term describes the process of converting food energy into ATP energy?
Cell respiration
This molecule gets released from chloroplasts to be used as food energy
Glucose
Chloroplast
This type of organism gets its energy from eating a primary consumer
Secondary consumer
Former First Lady who started her own STEM academy and has boosted STEM education among women and girls.
Also known as the "First Lady of STEM"
Michelle Obama
Sunlight, water, and glucose are considered this in an ecosystem
abiotic
Carbon dioxide molecules are made of these atoms
1 carbon atom
2 oxygen atoms
The process of converting sunlight energy to food energy using carbon dioxide and water
Photosynthesis
An herbivore, like a sea turtle who feeds on seaweed, would be considered this in an energy pyramid
primary consumer
Scientist and inventor who also worked at NASA; he devised ways for scientists to measure plant health and detect bacteria in outer space.
Emmett Chappelle
Glucose and oxygen are this for photosynthesis;
Carbon dioxide, water and ATP energy are this for cell respiration
outputs
You need this many molecules of oxygen in order for cell respiration to occur
6
These two molecules get released from chloroplasts after photosynthesis occurs
Glucose, oxygen
Who gets the least amount of energy from their meal?
Eagle -- tertiary consumer
Invented the GPS system by calculating an accurate model measurement of the Earth
Gladys West
In scientific vocabulary, the prefix "a-" or "an" means this:
without, not
The total amount of atoms in one glucose molecule
24
ATP energy cannot be produced without these molecules
Glucose, oxygen
Ecosystems recycle these four molecules through cell respiration and photosynthesis
Water, glucose, carbon dioxide, oxygen
The first female African-American neurosurgeon in the United States
Dr. Alexa Canady