APES Flashcards

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