Energy Basics
What is the ultimate source of energy for most life on Earth?
What is the sun?
The green pigment in plants that absorbs sunlight.
What is chlorophyll?
What do you call a consumer that eats only plants?
What is a herbivore?
What organelle is the “powerhouse” where respiration finishes?
What is the mitochondrion?
Organism that relies on other organisms for energy.
What is a heterotroph (consumer)?
Organisms that make their own food are called this.
What are autotrophs (or producers)?
In what organelle does photosynthesis occur?
What is the chloroplast?
Name a consumer that eats both plants and animals.
What is an omnivore?
Which is the first stage of respiration that happens in the cytoplasm?
What is glycolysis?
Process that requires oxygen.
What is aerobic?
The process plants use to convert sunlight into food is?
What is photosynthesis?
What are the two main products of photosynthesis?
What are glucose and oxygen?
These consumers break down organic matter into nutrients.
What are decomposers?
Which step of respiration produces the most ATP?
What is the electron transport chain?
Type of cellular respiration that occurs without oxygen.
What is anaerobic (or fermentation)?
What unit is used to measure energy in food?
What is a calorie?
This process uses chemical energy instead of light to make food.
What is chemosynthesis?
What are organisms that grind dead matter into smaller pieces?
What are detritivores?
What are the products of cellular respiration?
What are carbon dioxide, water, and ATP?
First stage of respiration that splits glucose.
What is glycolysis?
What is the process of releasing energy from food in the presence of oxygen?
What is cellular respiration?
Which part of the chloroplast contains chlorophyll?
What is the thylakoid?
A cow chews cud and uses bacteria to digest leaves. What type of consumer is it?
What is a herbivore (specialized with microbial help)?
What does NADP+ become after gaining electrons and a hydrogen ion?
What is NADPH?
The term for the organism that “chew” dead materials.
What is detritivores?