Matyer And Energy In Ecosystems vocab Flashcards
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Decomposer
An organism that gets ESM by breaking down dead matter
Ecosystem
All of the living and non living things interacting in a particular area
Energy
The ability to make things move or change
ESM
A molecule that organism use to release energy they need to survive
Fat
A type of ESM
Glucose
A molecule that organisms can use to release energy, and that is made if carbon hydrogen and oxygen atoms
Glycogen
A type of ESM
Input
Something that is required for a process
Mitochondrion
The part of a cell where cellular respiration happens
Molecule
A group of atoms joined together on a particular way.
Organisms
Living things such as plants animals and bacteria
Output
Something that results from a process
Photosynthesis
The prices by plants and other animals use energy form sunlight to change carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and glucose.
Producer
An organism that can make its own ESM
Product
An ending substance that is made during a chemical reaction.
Reactant
A starting substance that is part of a chemical reaction.
Starch
A type of ESM made of glucose molecules connected together
System
A set of interacting part forming a complex hole.
Abiotic matter
Matter that make up nonliving living part of an ecosystem such as air water and rocks.
Atoms
the tiny pieces that all matter-all the stuff in the world-is made of.
Carbon
A type of atom that makes up molecules such as carbon dioxide and ESM
Biodome
A closed ecosystem made r by humans
Biotic matter
Matter that makes up living and dead matter in an ecosystem
