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Trophic 7.1 & 3.6
talks about energy
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Energy | the strength and vitality required for sustained physical or mental activity. |
| Autotroph | an organism that is able to form nutritional organic substances from simple inorganic substances such as carbon dioxide. Translate autotroph to Use over time for: autotroph |
| Primary consumers | A herbivore is an animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to plant material, for example foliage, as the main component of its diet. These animals have an all plant diet and have characteristics that are special for obtaining plant material. |
| Omnivores | an animal or person that eats food of both plant and animal origin. Origin More late 19th cent.: from French, from Latin omnivorus ‘omnivorous.’ Translate omnivore to Use over time for: omnivore |
| Detritus | waste or debris of any kind. |
| Photosynthesis | the process by which green plants and certain other organisms transform light energy into chemical energy. |
| Consumer | An organism that cannot synthesize its own food and is dependent on complex organic substances for nutrition. |
| Secondary consumers | A carnivore meaning 'meat eater' is an animal that derives its energy and nutrient requirements from a diet consisting mainly or exclusively of animal tissue, whether through predation or scavenging. |
| Decomposers | an organism, esp. a soil bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate, that decomposes organic material. |
| Food Webs | a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains. |
| Producers | any organism which brings energy into an ecosystem from inorganic sources. Most plants are... |
| Heterotroph | an organism deriving its nutritional requirements from complex organic substances. Origin More early 20th cent.: from hetero- ‘other’ + Greek trophos ‘feeder.’ |
| Carnivores | an animal that feeds on flesh. |
| Trophic level | each of several hierarchical levels in an ecosystem, comprising organisms that share the same function in the food chain and the same nutritional relationship to the primary sources of energy. |
| Food Chain | a hierarchical series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food. |
| Biomass | the total mass of organisms in a given area or volume. organic matter used as a fuel, esp. in a power station for the generation of electricity. |
| Herbivores | animals that eat plants |
| Tertiary consumers | The trophic level of an organism is the position it occupies in a food chain. The word trophic derives from the Greek τροφή referring to food or feeding. |
| Cellular Respiration | the metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules |
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