Ecosystem Flashcards
a process where plants use sunlight ,carbon dioxide,and after to produce glucose(sugar)
photosynthesis
another word for sugar molecules or food
carbohydrates
a plants organelle responsible for capturing sunlight to make sugar molecules or food
chloroplast
a green pigment found inside a plants leaves
chlorophyll
process where organisms use oxygen to break down food (sugar) to produce energy
cellular respiration
an organism that make it own food
producer
another word for producer
autotrophs
organisms that get their energy by eating other organisms
consumers
plant eaters
herbivores
another word for consumers
heterotrophs
meat eaters
carnivores
eaters of everything
omnivores
consumers that get their food from breaking down dead organisms
decomposes
a sequence where energy is transferred from one organism to the next as each organism eats another organism
food chain
a diagram that shows many feeding relationships in an ecosystem
food web
each step in the transfer of energy through a food web or chain
trophic levels
how is energy transferred
plants use energy from the sunlight to make sugar and then is passed on to consumers
describe one way consumers depends on producers
cows need to eat grass to get energy
list two types of consumers
primary consumers(cow) secondary consumers(lion)
