JAYLYNN Flashcards
What is photosynthesis?
the process by which producers use trapped energy from the sun to make food
What is chlorophyll?
a green pigment found in producers that trapped the energy of the sun during photosynthesis.
What is Cellular Respiration?
The process by which an organism obtains energy by breaking down high-energy food, such as sugar and starch.
What is a food web?
A network of interconnected food chains in an ecosystem.
What is a pyramid of numbers?
A model used by ecologists to show how many organisms are at each level in food in a food chain.
What is energy flow?
It is the transfer of energy that begins with the sun and passes from one organism to the next in a food chain.
What is a food chain?
Is a model that shows how food energy passes from organism to organism
What is a top consumer?
The carnivore at the end of the food chain,.
