Vosough Quiz Flashcards
Understand the definitions and what happens
Ecosystem
All the biotic and abiotic things interacting in a particular area
System
A set of interacting parts that form a whole
Biotic matter
Matter that makes up the living and dead organisms of an ecosystem
Abiotic matter
Matter that makes up the nonliving parts of an ecosystem, such as water, air, and rocks
Organisms
Living things
ESM
A molecule that organisms can use to release energy
Energy
The ability to make things move or change
Molecule
A group of atoms joined in a particular way
4 types of ESMs
Glucose, starch, fat, and proteins
Glucose
An ESM made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms
Starch
An ESM made of many glucose molecules combined together
Fat
A type of ESM made up of fatty acids
Producers
An organism that can make its own ESMs
Carbon
A type of atom that makes up molecules such as carbon dioxide and ESMs
Carbon Dioxide
A molecule made of carbon and oxygen atoms
Photosynthesis
The process in which producers use energy from sunlight to change carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and glucose
What happens through photosynthesis?
Producers take carbon from abiotic matter and move it into biotic matter in the form of glucose.
Reactants (inputs)
What is USED in a chemical reaction or process
Products (outputs)
What we GET when the process or chemical reaction is finished
Chloroplasts
ORGANELLE where photosynthesis happens