Ecosystems
These organisms are found at the base of every energy pyramid/food chain.
What are primary producers?
This effect occurs when radiation from the sun is trapped in our atmosphere, increasing global temperature.
What is the greenhouse effect?
This macromolecule is used for quick energy usage.
What are carbohydrates?
This is the organelle in which cellular respiration takes place.
What is the mitochondria?
This process occurs when toxins are passed through a food chain, and increase in concentration as they go up the food chain.
What is bioaccumulation?
This human impact occurs when vast amounts of trees are cut down, increasing the amount of carbon dioxide in the area.
What is deforestation?
This macromolecule is used for long-term energy storage, insulation, and protection.
What are lipids?
These are the reactants for cellular respiration.
What is glucose and oxygen?
These are the reactants of photosynthesis.
This level of an energy pyramid contains the greatest amount of STORED energy.
What are primary producers?
These molecules are released into the atmosphere and react with a molecule called ozone, which destroys the layer of our atmosphere that filters out UV radiation.
What are chlorofluorocarbons (CFC's)?
This macromolecule provides energy for building and growing muscle. Enzymes are another example of this.
What are proteins?
These are the products of cellular respiration.
What is carbon dioxide, water, and ATP?
These are the products of photosynthesis.
What is glucose and oxygen?
There are three different types of symbiotic relationships we discussed in class, list them on your whiteboard.
What is mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism?
This human impact occurs when gases likes carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide are released from the burning of fossil fuels and react with water vapor in Earth's atmosphere.
What is acid rain?
What are nucleic acids?
This type of cellular respiration occurs when there is no oxygen available. It also produces much less ATP than the other type of cellular respiration.
What is anaerobic respiration?
It is not a physical input to photosynthesis, but this type of energy is required for the process to proceed.
What is solar energy?
These organisms are responsible for converting atmospheric nitrogen into a form that can be taken up by plants through their roots.
What are nitrogen-fixing bacteria?
This human action is the best option for reducing global climate change.
What is reducing the usage of fossil fuels?
For each macromolecule there are subunits called monomers. List the monomer for each macromolecule on your whiteboard.
Carbs: monosaccharides
Proteins: amino acids
Lipids: fatty acids
Nucleic Acids: nucleotides
This type of cellular respiration occurs when oxygen is readily available. It also produces nine times more ATP compared to the other type of cellular respiration.
What is aerobic respiration?
These types of cells contain chloroplasts.
What are plant cells?