Trophic Levels
What do we call organisms that make their own food using sunlight?
Producers (autotrophs)
What organelle does photosynthesis take place in?
Chloroplast
What is the main purpose of cellular respiration for living cells?
To release energy from food, or to break down glucose molecules
A __________________ obtains its energy by eating other organisms.
heterotroph
True or False: Plants only perform photosynthesis during the day.
True
hat name is given to organisms that eat only plants?
Herbivores or primary consumers.
What are the 2 products of photosynthesis?
Glucose and oxygen
Where does cellular respiration occur in a cell?
mitochondria
A ___________________ breaks down dead organisms and returns nutrients; example: fungi or bacteria.
Decomposer
Which from of cellular respiration, aerobic or anaerobic, results in "feeling the burn" in your muscles?
Anaerobic
What name is given to organisms that eat both plants and animals?
Omnivores
What 3 things are needed for photosynthesis to occur?
Carbon dioxide, water and sunlight
What are the waste products of cellular respiration? Name 2.
water and carbon dioxide
In plants, ________ move water and nutrients to where it's needed.
Xylem
True or False: Photosynthesis and cellular respiration are opposites.
True
If a frog ate an insect that ate a plant, what trophic level is the frog (producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer?)
Secondary consumer
What is the green pigment in plants called? Hint: it's found in the chloroplast.
Chlorophyll
What molecule is commonly called the "energy currency" that cells make during cellular respiration?
ATP
Leaves have tiny holes called _______________, that allow carbon dioxide to be absorbed.
stomata
What does COWS GO stand for? You must state what each letter stands for.
Carbon + Oxygen + Water = Glucose + Oxygen
What percentage of energy moves up the trophic levels?
10%
Name something other than a plant that uses photosynthesis.
Emerald Sea Slug, bacteria, algae
Name one difference between aerobic respiration and anaerobic respiration.
Aerobic requires oxygen; anaerobic does not or aerobic produces more ATP
Cellular respiration occurs only in _________________ cells. (prokaryotic or eukaryotic)
Eukaryotic
Regrow its body only from its head, or decapitate itself at will.