Ecosystem Vocab Flashcards
a process where plants use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to produce glucose (sugar)
photosynthesis
another word for sugar molecules or food
carbohydrates
a plants organelle responsible for capturing sunlight to make sugar
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
organism that makes its own food
producer
another word for producer
autotrophs
organisms that get their energy by eating other organisms
consumers
another word for consumer
heterotrophs
plant eaters
herbivore
meat eaters
carnivore
eaters of everything
omnivore
consumers that get their food from breaking down dead organisms
decomposer
a diagram that shows many feeding relationships in an ecosystem
food web
a sequence where energy is transferred from one organism to the next as each organism eats another organism
food chain
each step in the transfer of energy through a food chain or food web
trophic level
plants use energy from sunlight to make sugar and then is passed on to consumers
how is energy transferred?
cows need to eat grass to get energy
describe one way consumers depend on producers?
primary consumers (cow), and secondary consumers (lion)
list two types of consumers
