Energy Flow Flashcards
Say it with me: All organisms need _____
ENERGY!!!!!!
How and what do plants use energy from?
Plants use energy from the
Sun during photosynthesis
What is burnt and when? (vague ik)
The glucose is then used to make carbohydrates, proteins, lipids and everything else the plant needs.
autotrophs
make their own food (plant)
heterotrophs
need ready made food
A plant’s proteins, lipids, etc. become…
the components of food for consumers
Food is a store of…
chemical potential energy
How do consumers obtain their food?
from food made by plants, either directly or indirectly
As consumers feed on plants, what is passed to them?
BACK TO ENERGYYYY
What is used to support all life processes?
the energy released from food
what does respiration do?
Respiration releases the chemical energy stored in food so that it can be used by the organism
when does a plant gain energy?
A plant gains energy when it converts light energy to chemical potential energy during photosynthesis
what does a plant store
It stores some of the energy by changing the glucose into carbs, lipids and yk other said chemicals
what does a plant use up
it uses up some of the food during respiration to let go energy to grow and carry out other life processes (I process life sometimes… all the time)
how does a plant lose energy
some of the energy released is lost and labelled as as heat energy in respiration (sarcasm ugh labels smh stop labeling things plants have feeling too yk)
