photosynthesis vocab
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| photosynthesis | the process by which plants and some other organisms capture light energy and use it to make food from carbon dioxide and water
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| Chlorophyll | a substance that gives chloroplasts their green color and captures energy from sunlight and uses it to produce food
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| Stomata | the small openings on the undersides of most leaves through which oxygen and carbon dioxide can move
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| Trophic level | a group of organisms that occupy the same level in a food chain
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| Transpiration | the process by which water is lost through a plant’s leaves
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| Chloroplast | a structure in the cells of plants and some other organisms that captures energy from sunlight and uses it to produce food
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| Glucose | a sugar that is the major source of energy for the body’s cells
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| Biomass | the living or formerly living material in an ecosystem
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| Producer | an organism that can make its own food
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| Consumer | an organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
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| Decomposer | an organism that breaks down the large molecules from wastes and the remains of dead organisms into small molecules and returns important materials to the soil & water
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| Respiration | the process by which cells break down simple food molecules to release the energy they contain
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| Saprotroph | an organism that feeds on or derives nourishment from decaying organic matter
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