Matter and Energy in Ecosystems Vocabulary

a series of chemical reactions that covert light energy, water, and carbon dioxide into the food- energy molecule glucose and gives off oxygen

• glycolysis

• photosynthesis

• food web

• condensation

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all living things and nonliving things in a given area

• food chain

• consumer

• ecosystem

• producer

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a series of chemical reactions that convert energy in food molecules into a useable form of energy called ATP

• cellular respiration

• detritivore

• food web

• precipitation

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a process by which glucose, a sugar, is broken down into smaller molecules

• photosynthesis

• ecosystem

• precipitation

• glycolysis

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an organism that uses an outside energy source, such as the Sun, and produces its own food

• consumer

• producer

• food web

• food chain

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an organism that cannot make its own food and gets energy by eating other organisms

• producer

• detritivore

• consumer

• energy pyramid

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an organism that consumes the bodies of dead organisms and wastes produced by living organisms

• ecosystem

• producer

• consumer

• detritivore

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a model that shows how energy flows in an ecosystem through feeding relationships

• food chain

• food web

• glycolysis

• nitrogen fixation

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a model of energy transfer that can show how the food chains in a community are interconnected

• food chain

• evaporation

• food web

• nitrogen fixation

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a model that shows the amount of energy available in each link of a food chain

• food web

• energy pyramid

• evaporation

• condensation

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