the process by which plants, algae, and some bacteria use sunlight carbon dioxide and water to produce carbohydrates and oxygen pho

an organism that can make organic molecules from inorganic molecules, and photosynthetic or chemosynthetic autotroph that serves as a basic food source in an ecosystem pro

an organism that eats other organisms or organic matter instead of producing its own nutrients or obtaining nutrients from inorganic sources con

an organism that feeds by breaking down organic matter or dead organisms examples include bacteria and fungi dec

the process by which cells produce energy from carbohydrates atmospheric oxygen combines with glucose to form water and carbon dioxide cel

the pathway of energy transfer through various stages ass a result of the feeding patterns o series of organisms fo

a diagram that shows the feeding relationship between organism s in an ecosystem fod

one of the steps in a food chain or food pyramid examples ncluding producers and primary secondary and tertiary consumers tr

the movement of carbon from the nonliving environment into the living things and back ca

nitrogen-fixing bacteria

bacteria that can convert atospheric nitrogen into ammonia nit

the process in which nitrogen circulates among the air soil water plants and animals in an ecosystem ni

ecological succession

a gradual process of change and replacement in a community eco

succession that begins in a area that previously did not support life

the process by which one community replaces another community that has been [martially or totally destroyed sec

a species that colonizes an uninhabited area and that starts an ecological cycle in which many other species become established

a final stable community in equilibration with the environment cl

a cyclic movement of phosphorus in different chemical forms from the environment to organisms and then back to the environment ph

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Enviro Chap 5

Question	Answer
photosynthesis	the process by which plants, algae, and some bacteria use sunlight carbon dioxide and water to produce carbohydrates and oxygen pho
producer	an organism that can make organic molecules from inorganic molecules, and photosynthetic or chemosynthetic autotroph that serves as a basic food source in an ecosystem pro
consumer	an organism that eats other organisms or organic matter instead of producing its own nutrients or obtaining nutrients from inorganic sources con
decomposer	an organism that feeds by breaking down organic matter or dead organisms examples include bacteria and fungi dec
cellular respiration	the process by which cells produce energy from carbohydrates atmospheric oxygen combines with glucose to form water and carbon dioxide cel
food chain	the pathway of energy transfer through various stages ass a result of the feeding patterns o series of organisms fo
food web	a diagram that shows the feeding relationship between organism s in an ecosystem fod
tropical level	one of the steps in a food chain or food pyramid examples ncluding producers and primary secondary and tertiary consumers tr
carbon cycle	the movement of carbon from the nonliving environment into the living things and back ca
nitrogen-fixing bacteria	bacteria that can convert atospheric nitrogen into ammonia nit
nitrogen cycle	the process in which nitrogen circulates among the air soil water plants and animals in an ecosystem ni
ecological succession	a gradual process of change and replacement in a community eco
primary succession	succession that begins in a area that previously did not support life
secondary succession	the process by which one community replaces another community that has been [martially or totally destroyed sec
pioneer species	a species that colonizes an uninhabited area and that starts an ecological cycle in which many other species become established
climax community	a final stable community in equilibration with the environment cl
phosphorus cycle	a cyclic movement of phosphorus in different chemical forms from the environment to organisms and then back to the environment ph

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