Random (Photosynthesis, Respiration, Cordyceps, Scientific method, Decomposers, Scientific definitions, etc.) Flashcards
What is biomass?
The life mass of something or someone.
What are organic compounds?
Compositions composed of carbon.
What are the four elements necessary for life?
Carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, and nitrogen.
What are the three types of decomposers?
Bacteria, worms, and fungi.
Which decomposer utilizes enzymes?
Fungi.
Which decomposer undergoes carbon fixation?
Bacteria.
What is carbon fixation?
Converting carbon dioxide into a more usable state.
What are enzymes? What do they do?
Catalyst that speed up chemical reactions.
What are the two forms of producing energy?
Photosynthesis and Respiration.
What does aerobic mean?
Requires oxygen.
What are the reactants of photosynthesis?
Carbon dioxide, water, and Light energy.
What are the products of photosynthesis?
Oxygen, glucose.
What are the reactants of respiration?
Oxygen, glucose, water, carbon dioxide, and ATP.
What are the products of respiration?
Water, ATP, and carbon dioxide.
What is the relationship between photosynthesis and respiration?
Both are ways organisms move energy.
What does ATP stand for and what is it used for?
Adenoside Tri-phosphate
Energy
What types of organisms undergo respiration?
Humos.
What organisms undergo photosynthesis?
Plants.
What is the mechanism in the cell where respiration takes place?
Mitochondria.
What is cordyceps? Why is it considered a zombie fungi?
Fungi
Because of its life cycle; Its spores release upon a small insect or maybe even a mammal and take control of it body and cause it to climb up a tree and death clamp onto a leaf. Then the spores will prosed to sprout out of the victims head and reproduce more spores, and the cycle continues.
What are parasitic fungi?
Mushrooms and lichen.
What is the goal of spores in cordyceps?
Reproduce.
What is science? What qualifies as science?
Field of study based on empirical observations, experiments, and conclusion.
What are the steps to the scientific method?
Question/observation, hypothesis, experiment, analyze/record data, and conclusion
