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Tropic Reading 7.1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Energy | Strength for mental and physical activity. |
| Autotroph | Organism that makes its own food. |
| Primary Consumers | A herbivore. |
| Omnivores | Organisms that eat both plants and meat. |
| Detritus | Waste/debris. |
| Photosynthesis | Process by which plants use the sun's energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars. |
| Consumers | Organism that obtains food by eating producers (autotrophs) or other consumers. |
| Secondary consumers | A carnivore. |
| Decomposers | Organism that decomposes organic materials. |
| Food Webs | A system of interlocking food chain. |
| 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 | Organisms that eat meat. |
| Trophic levels | Levels of food chain. |
| Food Chain | A system where one organism depending on a different organism as food. |
| Biomass | The total mass of organisms in an area. |
| Herbivores | Organisms that eat plants. |
| Tertiary consumers | Consumers that both producers and other consumers. |
| Cellular Respiration | Chemical process that uses oxygen to convert chemical energy stored in organic molecules into ATP (adenosine triphosphate). |
| Kinetic Energy | Energy of Motion |
| Potential Energy | energy stored due to an object's position or arrangement |
| 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 |
| Calorie | amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 g of water 1°C |
| ATP | (adenosine triphosphate) main energy source that cells use for most of their work |