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| 32500384 | cellular respiration | involves splitting carbon and hydrogen atoms from the sugar molecule and recombining them with oxygen | |
| 32500385 | chemical energy | type of potential energy stored in food and gasoline | |
| 32500386 | compound | substance composed of different kinds of atoms | |
| 32500387 | conservation of matter | matter cannot be created or destroyed | |
| 32500388 | consumers | consume chemical energy harnessed by the producers | |
| 32500389 | decomposer | organism such as fungi and bacteria that complete the final breakdown and recycling of organic materials | |
| 32500390 | detritivores | such as ants and beetles consume litter, debris, and dung | |
| 32500391 | ecology | the scientific study of relationships between organisms and their environment | |
| 32500392 | ecosystem | composed of a biological community and its physical environment including abiotic factors | |
| 32500393 | elements | substances that cannot be broken down into simpler forms by ordinary chemical reactions | |
| 32500394 | energy | the ability to do work | |
| 32500395 | entropy | disorder | |
| 32500396 | enzymes | regulate chemical reactions without being consumed or damaged as they work | |
| 32500397 | first law of thermodynamics | energy is conserved it is neither created nor destroyed under normal conditions | |
| 32500398 | food chain | a linked feeding series | |
| 32500399 | food web | individual food chains that become interconnected | |
| 32500400 | heat | energy that can be transferred between objects of different temperature | |
| 32500401 | herbivores | plant eaters | |
| 32500402 | hydrologic cycle | the path of water through the environment | |
| 32500403 | ions | charged atoms | |
| 32500404 | isotopes | forms of a single element that differ in atomic mass | |
| 32500405 | kinetic energy | energy contained in a moving object | |
| 32500406 | matter | everything that takes up space and has mass | |
| 32500407 | metabolism | the multitude of enzymatic reactions performed by an organism | |
| 32500408 | molecule | a pair or group of atoms that can exist as a single unit | |
| 32500409 | nitrogen cycle | the key natural process that makes nitrogen available and takes it back to be reused | |
| 32500410 | omnivores | eat both plants and animals | |
| 32500411 | organic compounds | the material out of which living organisms are made | |
| 32500412 | pH | how we describe the strength of an acid | |
| 32500413 | phosphorous cycle | how phosphorous is taken in and out of the environment | |
| 32500414 | photosynthesis | converts radiant energy into useful chemical energy in the bonds that hold together the molecules | |
| 32500415 | population | consists of all the members of a species living in a given area at a given time | |
| 32500416 | potential energy | stored energy ex) water behind a dam | |
| 32500417 | producer | organisms that photosynthesize | |
| 32500418 | productivity | the amount of biomass produced in a given area at a given time | |
| 32500419 | scavengers | clean up dead carcasses of larger animals | |
| 32500420 | second law of thermodynamics | with each successive energy transfer or transformation in a system, less energy is available to do work | |
| 32500421 | species | refers to all organisms of the same kind that are genetically similar enough to breed in nature and produce live, fertile offspring | |
| 32500422 | sulfur cycle | how sulfur travels in and out of the environment | |
| 32500423 | trophic level | organism's feeding status in an ecosystem |
