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Matter and Energy
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |