the flow of energy drives the cycling of matter in organisms
What is matter
Anything that has mass and takes up space
What is a chemical reaction
A process in which items are rearranged to produce new substances
What is weathering
The process by which rock materials are broken down by the action of physical and chemical processes
What are the three rock types?
Igneous rocks, sedimentary rocks, and metamorphic rocks
What is an autotroph
Producer
What is cellular respiration?
A process that uses oxygen to release the energy stored in food molecules
What is Deposition
Occurs when the Eroded materials are dropped or lay down
What are igneous rocks?
When cooling magma below ground and cooling lava above ground form igneous rock
What is an heterotroph
Consumers
What is photosynthesis?
a series of chemical reactions in which the cells of producers, including plants, algae, and some bacteria, use energy from the sun to make carbon-based food molecules
What is erosion
The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity, transport weathered materials from one location to another
What are three ways to get all three rocks in the rock cycle
Heat and pressure, erosion deposition, and sanitation and melting and cooling
What is the smallest part of matter?
Atoms
What are the products Of photosynthesis
Oxygen and Sugar
What is physical weathering
The mechanical breakdown of rocks into smaller pieces
Where do rocks come from?
From other rocks, or from cooling magma or lava
What is a decomposer?
An organism that Get energy and matter by breaking down the remains of other organisms that have died
What are the products of Cellular respiration?
Carbon dioxide water energy
What is chemical weathering?
The breakdown and Decomposition of rocks as a result of chemical reactions and processes
What is a Metamorphic rock?
When large changes of temperature, pressure or both caused the texture and mineral content of existing rock to change over millions of years