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7366540921BiosphereThe region of our planet where life resides, the combination0
7366540922ProducerAn organism that uses the energy of the Sun to produce usable forms of energy. Also known as Autotroph.1
7366540923PhotosynthesisThe process by which producers use solar energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose.2
7366540924Cellular respirationThe process by which cells unlock the energy of chemical compounds.3
7366540925aerobic respirationThe process by which cells convert glucose and oxygen into energy, carbon dioxide, and water.4
7366540926Anaerobic respirationThe process by which cells convert glucose into energy in the absence of oxygen.5
7366540927ConsumerAn organism that is incapable of photosynthesis and must obtain its energy by consuming other organisms. Also known as Heterotroph.6
7366540928HerbivoreAn organism that is incapable of photosynthesis and must obtain its energy by consuming other organisms. Also known as Heterotroph.7
7366540929CarnivoreA consumer that eats other consumers.8
7366540930Secondary consumerA carnivore that eats primary consumers.9
7366540931tertiary consumerA carnivore that eats secondary consumers.10
7366540932Tropic levelsThe successive levels of organisms consuming one another11
7366540933Food chainThe sequence of consumption from producers through tertiary consumers.12
7366540934Food webA complex model of how energy and matter move between trophic levels.13
7366540935ScavengerAn organism that consumes dead animals.14
7366540936DetroitivoreAn organism that specializes in breaking down dead tissues and waste products into smaller particles.15
7366540937DecomposersAn organism that specializes in breaking down dead tissues and waste products into smaller particles.16

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