A molecule that organisms can use to release the energy they need to survive
all the related food chains in an ecosystem
food web
What organisms in an ecosystem perform photosynthesis?
producers (plants)
What organisms perform cellular respiration?
True or false: Producers can do photosynthesis and cellular respiration.
True
the sequence of transfers of matter and energy in the form of food from organism to organism
food chain
Give an example of a decomposer
fungi, mushrooms, worms
What are the reactants of photosynthesis?
energy from the sun, carbon dioxide, and water
What are the reactants of cellular respiration?
oxygen and glucose
Using this image, which organism is a primary consumer?
rat
an organism that makes its own energy storage molecules for an entire ecosystem
producers
an organism that eats plants to get energy storage molecules
primary consumer
What are the products of photosynthesis?
oxygen and glucose
What are the products of cellular respiration?
energy, carbon dioxide, and water
Give two ways you can increase the amount of energy storage molecules in an ecosystem.
1. increase sunlight
2. increase carbon dioxide
an animal that eats other animals to get energy storage molecules
secondary consumer
all of the non-living things in an ecosystem such as wind, rocks, and the sun
Photosynthesis occurs where?
the chloroplasts of plant cells
Cellular respiration occurs where?
the mitochondria
Which organisms in the food web pictures perform cellular respiration?
All organisms
the chemical reaction between oxygen and glucose that releases energy into cells
cellular respiration
the process by which plants and other producers use energy from sunlight to change carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and glucose
photosynthesis
Give the specific name for the energy storage molecule produced during photosynthesis
Glucose
Bromothymol blue is an indicator that changes colors in the presence of carbon dioxide. Exercising before exhaling into a solution of bromothymol blue will do what?
cause the solution to change color more quickly
This photo represents what process?
cellular respiration