BrainScape Flash Cards (Flow of Energy) Vocabulary

Create a New Deck Titled "Flow of Energy" **To get credit take a screenshot of your actual work, not just your score.** Apply the following 8 terms in flashcard form with definitions for each card and study.

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Ecosystem

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A community or group of living organisms living in and engagewith each other in a specific environment.

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Producer

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An organism that produces that gets its energy from producing its own food.

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Consumer

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Plants or other animals for energy purposes will be consumed by an animal that cannot produce its own food.

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Decomposer

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Organisms that break down dead things.

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Food Chain

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A linear sequence of organisms in which nutrients and energy are transferred while one organism consumes another.

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Food Web

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An overlapping food chain.

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Photosynthesis

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The process by which light energy is transferred and converted to chemical energy by plants/A chemical process by which plants make their own food.

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Cellular Respiration

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Releases energy to create ATP in food/The process our body goes through to make energy from food when we eat.

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