Matter Cycles Vocab

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Cell structures that convert food energy for cellular activities.

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Mitochondria

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Energy cannot be created or destroyed; it only changes form or is transferred.

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Law of Conservation of Energy

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Total mass of living organisms in an area; matter from plants or animals used as fuel (e.g., wood, dung)

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Biomass

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Green pigment in chloroplasts of plants, algae, and some bacteria.

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Chlorophyll

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Small material pieces from rocks deposited by water, wind, or ice

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Sediments

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Oxygen and glucose undergo chemical reactions in cells, releasing energy.

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Cellular Respiration

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Continual transfer of CO2 and O2 between living things and the environment

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Carbon Cycle

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A living thing

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Organism

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Process by which plants use light to make food from CO2 and water

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Photosynthesis

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Total matter is neither created nor destroyed during changes.

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Law of Conservation of Mass