Unit 3 Matter and Energy Vocab Quiz

Green pigment that absorbs sunlight, found in the chloroplast

• grana

• stroma

• chlorophyll

• chromoplast

Consumers that obtain their nutrients from the breakdown of dead organic matter.

• decomposer

• omnivore

• herbivore

• carnivore

The process by which nitrogen circulates between the atmosphere and the biosphere. Ammonification, denitrification, nitrogen fixation and nitrification are all parts of this cycle.

• carbon cycle

• hydrologic cycle

• nitrogen cycle

• phosphorus cycle

An organism that obtains its carbon and energy from other organisms.

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

Organism occupying the first trophic level. Captures energy in chemical bonds via photosynthesis or chemosynthesis.

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

Organelles responsible for producing the cell's ATP, site of cellular respiration.

• nucleus

• Chloroplast

• mitochondria

• Golgi apparatus

"with air" Usually referring to processes, such as respiration that require oxygen.

• aerobic

• anaerobic

A complex series of interactions showing the feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem.

• food chain

• food web

• pyramid

The biogeochemical cycle in which water is exchanged among the biospheric and the atmospheric reservoirs on Earth.

• hydrologic cycle

• carbon cycle

• nitrogen cycle

• phosphorus cycle

An organelle found in plants, which contains the pigment chlorophyll and in which the reactions of photosynthesis take place.

• nucleus

• Golgi apparatus

• mitochondria

• chloroplast