ecosystem Flashcards

(19 cards)

1
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A process where plants use sunlight, carbon dioxide and water to produce glucose(sugar)

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Photosynthesis

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2
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Another word for sugar molecules for food

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Carbohydrates

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3
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A plant’s organelle responsible for capturing sunlight to make sugar

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Chloroplast

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4
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A green pigment found inside a plant’s leaves

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Chlorophyll

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5
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A process where organisms use oxygen to break down food (sugar) to produce energy

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Cellular Respiration

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6
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An organism that make it’s own food

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Producer

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7
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another word for producer

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Autorophs

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8
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Organisms that get their energy by eating other organisms

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Consumers

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9
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Another word for consumers

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Heterotrophs

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10
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Plant eaters

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Herbivores

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11
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Meat eaters

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Carnivores

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12
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Eaters of everything

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Omnivores

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13
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Consumers that get their food from breaking down dead organisms

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Decomposers

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14
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A sequence that get their food from breaking down dead organisms

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Food chain

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15
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A diagram that shows many feeding relationships in an ecosystem

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Food web

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16
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each step in the transfer of energy through a food chain or food web

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Trophic level

17
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Plant uses energy from sunlight to make sugar and then is passed on to the consumers

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How is energy transferred?

18
Q

Cows need to eat grass to get energy

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Describe one way consumers depends on producers

19
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Primary consumer(cow) and secondary consumer(lion)

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List two types of consumers