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Matter and Energy
Term | Definition |
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Abiotic matter | matter that makes up the nonliving parts of an ecosystem, such as air, water and rocks |
Atoms | the tiny pieces that all matter is made of |
Biodome | a closed ecosystem made by humans |
Biotic matter | matter that makes up the living and dead organisms in an ecosystem |
Carbon | a type of atom that makes up molecules such as carbon dioxide and energy storage molecules |
Carbon dioxide | a molecule made of carbon and oxygen atoms |
Consumer | an organism that needs to eat in order to get energy storage molecules |
Decomposer | an organism that gets energy storage molecules such as glucose by breaking down dead matter |
ecosystem | all living and non living things interacting in a particular area |
Energy | the ability to make things move or change |
Energy storage molecule | a Molecule that organisms can use to release the energy they need to survive |
Photosynthesis | the process by which plants and other producers use energy from sunlight to change carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and glucose |
Producer | an organism that can make it's own energy molecules |
System | a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole |
Fat | a type of energy storage molecule |
Glucose | a molecule that organisms can use to release energy, and that is made of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms |
Glycogen | a type of energy storage molecule |
Input | something that is required for a process |
Mitochondrion | the part of the cell where cellular respiration happens |
Molecule | a group of atoms joined together in a particular way |
Organisms | living things such as plants , animals and bacteria |
output | Something that results from a process |
Product | an ending substance that is part of a chemical reaction |
Reactant | a starting substance that is part of a chemical reaction |
Starch | a type of energy storage storage molecule made of many glucose molecules connected together |
Cellular respiration | the chemical reaction between oxygen and glucose that release energy into cells |
chloroplast | the part of a cell where photosynthesis happens |
Connect | to link two or more things |