Chapter 1
It is the process where plants turns radiant energy to its own food
Photosynthesis
Nonliving things were thought to give birth to living things and this was called ______________.
SPONTANOUS REPRODUCTION
How many percent of energy a species used to sustain its life processes?
90%
a living thing that on its own is too small to be seen without a microscope
Microorganism
Water has the ability to capture much of this.
____________________
Heat
Living things use this:
Energy
All elements are made up of _______________ and these are the 3 different types:
__________ ___________ ________
Matter
Liquid, Gas, Solid
What is the biological name for an animal's habitat and give one example.
jungle, desert, savanna, plains, woodland, tundra, etc.
True or False-
Bacteria has cells
TRUE
The center of an atom is called a _______________ and is full of _______________ and ___________.
Nucleus
Protons and Neutrons
The green pigments on the cell organelle which stores radiant energy
Chlorophyll
Type of Interaction where-in two species in an ecosystem share a valuable and often limited resourse.
Competition
What do you call the species at the top of the food chain
Apex Predator
This is the element of life---------------.
Carbon
The world’s fastest growing plant is a species of what?
Bamboo
Name a decomposer
Bacteria, Mushrooms, Mold, Insects, Worms
These reside is "shells" around an atom's nucleus:
___________
Electrons
What is the other term for Consumers?
Heterotrophs
On this planet life is very ___________________, t here are many, many different species from the two kingdoms_________ and ____________________.
Diverse
Plant and Animal
Name the 4 types of MACROMOLECULES
Carbohydrates
Proteins
Nucleic Acids
Lipids
Name one element that CARBON can bond to:
Hydrogen
SULFAR
NITROGEN
PHOSEROUS
OXYGEN
Name an APEX predator:
Shark, humans, lion, tiger
4 types of Consumers
Carnivore
Omnnivore
Herbivore
Decomposers
Describe the difference between a PHYSICAL and a CHEMICAL reaction:
A chemical reaction is a process that changes or transforms one set of chemicals to another. A physical reaction does not and the chemical makeup is the same. Ice would be an example or shreeding papers.
Approximately 2% of all people have what eye color?
green