Matter Through Organisms

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producer

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an organism that makes its own food

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herbivore

Back

an organism that eats only producers

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carnivore

Back

an organism that eats other organisms

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decomposer

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an organism that recycles material such as waste

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Sun

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where the energy originally comes from for an ecosystem

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photosynthesis

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when plants turn water, CO2, and sunlight combine to make sugar and oxygen

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cellular respiration

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when animals take glucose and oxygen and make CO2, water, and energy (ATP)

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chlorophyll

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what absorbs the sunlight in plants

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ATP

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a molecule that supplies energy to fuel cell activities

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open systems

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when matter and energy can leave an ecosystem (but it is still conserved in the larger system)