Vocabulary List 6

The process by which autotrophs convert light to energy

• Chemical Reaction

• Photosynthesis

• Chemosynthesis

• Cell Respiration

The use of inorganic compounds as an energy source

• Metabolism

• Photosynthesis

• Chemical Reaction

• Chemosynthesis

An animal that feeds on dead organic material

• detritivore

• herbivore

• carnivore

• omniivore

The flow of energy from one organism to another (linear)

• energy pyramid

• food chain

• symbiosis

• food web

All the interconnected food chains in a community

• metabolism

• food chain

• food web

• community