Biosphere Flashcards
Decomposers?
Organisms, such as bacteria and fungi, that break down dead plants and animal matter
Importants of decomposers?
Gets rid of wastes and returns nutrients to the soil and restarts life cycle
Ecosystem?
All living and no living things in a specific area that interact with each other
Micro organisms?
Tiny organisms that live in the biosphere like bacteria
(They cannot be seen without a microscope)
7 process of life?
Movement
Reproduction
Sensitivity to environment
Growth
Respiration
Excretion
Nutrition
Respiration…
Energy production
Producing energy by breaking down foods
Energy in plants…
Stored as starch, which is made from energy from the sun
Photosynthesis (in deep)
Chlorophyll is a pigment that plants use to make they’re own food with the suns energy, carbon dioxide, water and mineral salts
Energy is stored as startch