Matter & Energy in Ecosystems Vocabulary

What is abiotic matter?

• A type of atom that makes up molecules such as carbon dioxide

• An organism that needs to eat in order to get energy storage molecules

• Matter that makes up the nonliving parts of an ecosystem

• Matter that makes up the living and dead organisms in an ecosystem

What are atoms?

• The tiny pieces that all matter is made of

• Matter that makes up the nonliving parts of an ecosystem

• Matter that makes up the living and dead organisms in an ecosystem

• An organism that needs to eat in order to get energy storage molecules

What is biotic matter?

• Matter that makes up the living and dead organisms in an ecosystem

• Matter that makes up the nonliving parts of an ecosystem

• An organism that needs to eat in order to get energy storage molecules

• A type of atom that makes up molecules such as carbon dioxide

What is carbon?

• An organism that needs to eat in order to get energy storage molecules

• A type of atom that makes up molecules such as carbon dioxide

• Matter that makes up the nonliving parts of an ecosystem

• Matter that makes up the living and dead organisms in an ecosystem

What is carbon dioxide?

• Matter that makes up the living and dead organisms in an ecosystem

• A molecule made of carbon and oxygen atoms

• Matter that makes up the nonliving parts of an ecosystem

• An organism that needs to eat in order to get energy storage molecules

What is cellular respiration?

• An organism that needs to eat in order to get energy storage molecules

• A type of atom that makes up molecules such as carbon dioxide

• The chemical reaction between oxygen and glucose that releases energy into cells

• Matter that makes up the living and dead organisms in an ecosystem

What is the chloroplast?

• The part of a cell where photosynthesis happens

• The part of a cell where cellular respiration happens

• A type of energy storage molecule

• An organism that needs to eat in order to get energy storage molecules

What is a consumer?

• Matter that makes up the living and dead organisms in an ecosystem

• The part of a cell where cellular respiration happens

• An organism that needs to eat in order to get energy storage molecules

• An organism that gets energy storage molecules by breaking down dead matter

What does a decomposer do?

• Matter that makes up the living and dead organisms in an ecosystem

• An organism that gets energy storage molecules by breaking down dead matter

• The part of a cell where cellular respiration happens

• An organism that needs to eat in order to get energy storage molecules

What is an ecosystem?

• A type of energy storage molecule

• All the living and nonliving things interacting in a particular area

• Matter that makes up the living and dead organisms in an ecosystem

• An organism that needs to eat in order to get energy storage molecules