7366540921 | Biosphere | The region of our planet where life resides, the combination | 0 | |
7366540922 | Producer | An organism that uses the energy of the Sun to produce usable forms of energy. Also known as Autotroph. | 1 | |
7366540923 | Photosynthesis | The process by which producers use solar energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose. | 2 | |
7366540924 | Cellular respiration | The process by which cells unlock the energy of chemical compounds. | 3 | |
7366540925 | aerobic respiration | The process by which cells convert glucose and oxygen into energy, carbon dioxide, and water. | 4 | |
7366540926 | Anaerobic respiration | The process by which cells convert glucose into energy in the absence of oxygen. | 5 | |
7366540927 | Consumer | An organism that is incapable of photosynthesis and must obtain its energy by consuming other organisms. Also known as Heterotroph. | 6 | |
7366540928 | Herbivore | An organism that is incapable of photosynthesis and must obtain its energy by consuming other organisms. Also known as Heterotroph. | 7 | |
7366540929 | Carnivore | A consumer that eats other consumers. | 8 | |
7366540930 | Secondary consumer | A carnivore that eats primary consumers. | 9 | |
7366540931 | tertiary consumer | A carnivore that eats secondary consumers. | 10 | |
7366540932 | Tropic levels | The successive levels of organisms consuming one another | 11 | |
7366540933 | Food chain | The sequence of consumption from producers through tertiary consumers. | 12 | |
7366540934 | Food web | A complex model of how energy and matter move between trophic levels. | 13 | |
7366540935 | Scavenger | An organism that consumes dead animals. | 14 | |
7366540936 | Detroitivore | An organism that specializes in breaking down dead tissues and waste products into smaller particles. | 15 | |
7366540937 | Decomposers | An organism that specializes in breaking down dead tissues and waste products into smaller particles. | 16 |
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