Organism that breaks down food to maintain homeostasis

Organism that makes its own food.

Consumer that feeds directly on producers.

Consumer that eats both producers and consumers.

Wastes and reamains of dead organsims.

Process by which plants use the sun's energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars.

Organism that obtains food by eating producers (autotrophs) or other consumers.

Consumer that eats primary consumers.

Organism that breaks down wastes and dead organsims.

Pattern of feeding in an ecosystem consisting of interconnected and branching food chains.

Organism that makes its own food (autotroph) and produces organic molecules that serve as food for other organisms in its ecosystem.

Organism that obtains food by eating other organisms.

Consumer that eats only other consumers.

Pathway of food transfer from one trophic level to another

The total mass of organisms in a given area or volume.

Consumers that eats only producers.

Consumer that eats secondary comsumers.

Chemical process that uses oxygen to convert chemical energy stored in organic molecules into adenosine triphosphate (ATP)

Rate at which producers in an ecosystem build biomass.

Diagram representing energy loss from one trophic level to the next.

Diagram representing the biomass in each trophic level of an ecosystem.

Representation of the number of individual organisms in each trophic level of an ecosystem.

Amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 g of water 1 degrees Celsius

Energy stored due to an object's position or arrangement.

ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate)

Main energy source that cells use for most of their work.

Total amount of energy associated with the random movement of atoms and molecules in a sample of matter.

Potential to perform work due to the arrangement of atoms within molecules.

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Bio: Trophic Reading

Tropic Reading 7.1 & 36.1

Word	Definition
Energy	Organism that breaks down food to maintain homeostasis
Autotroph	Organism that makes its own food.
Primary Consumers	Consumer that feeds directly on producers.
Omnivores	Consumer that eats both producers and consumers.
Detritus	Wastes and reamains of dead organsims.
Photosynthesis	Process by which plants use the sun's energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars.
Consumer	Organism that obtains food by eating producers (autotrophs) or other consumers.
Secondary Consumers	Consumer that eats primary consumers.
Decomposers	Organism that breaks down wastes and dead organsims.
Food Webs	Pattern of feeding in an ecosystem consisting of interconnected and branching food chains.
Producers	Organism that makes its own food (autotroph) and produces organic molecules that serve as food for other organisms in its ecosystem.
Heterotroph	Organism that obtains food by eating other organisms.
Carnivores	Consumer that eats only other consumers.
Trophic Level	Feeding level in an ecosystem.
Food Chain	Pathway of food transfer from one trophic level to another
Biomass	The total mass of organisms in a given area or volume.
Herbivores	Consumers that eats only producers.
Tertiary Consumers	Consumer that eats secondary comsumers.
Cellular Respiration	Chemical process that uses oxygen to convert chemical energy stored in organic molecules into adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
Primary Productivity	Rate at which producers in an ecosystem build biomass.
Energy Pyramid	Diagram representing energy loss from one trophic level to the next.
Biomass Pyramid	Diagram representing the biomass in each trophic level of an ecosystem.
Pyramid of Numbers	Representation of the number of individual organisms in each trophic level of an ecosystem.
Kinetic Energy	Energy of motion
Calorie	Amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 g of water 1 degrees Celsius
Potential Energy	Energy stored due to an object's position or arrangement.
ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate)	Main energy source that cells use for most of their work.
Thermal Energy	Total amount of energy associated with the random movement of atoms and molecules in a sample of matter.
Chemical Energy	Potential to perform work due to the arrangement of atoms within molecules.

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