Ecosystems 02 Flashcards
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What is photosynthesis?
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-The process plants use to make food using energy from light
-Also uses water and carbon dioxide
-Almost like the reverse if respiration
Light energy+water+CO2–>[taken in]–>(plant) [given off]–>Energy Stored (food)+O2
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What is respiration?
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-Process in the cells of living things that uses oxygen
-Releases the energy out of food
Oxygen+Food–>[taken in]–>
(animal)–>(given off)–>energy (released)+CO2+water
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Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen Cycle
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-Process by which dioxide and oxygen are cycled and recycled in the biosphere
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What is chlorophyll?
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A chemical that traps the energy of the sun in other to create food through photosynthesis. Green plants and algae contain chlorophyll