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Ch. 5 EMS VOC

Chapter 5 Lessons 3-4 - Mr. Pasone's EMS

TermDefinition
Primary Producer An organism that can capture energy from the Sun or from chemicals and store it; also called autotroph
Photosynthesis The process by which primary producers use sunlight to convert carbon dioxide and water into sugars, releasing oxygen
Chemosynthesis The process by which bacteria use energy stored in bonds of hydrogen sulfide to convert carbon dioxide and water into sugars
Consumer An organism that relies on other organisms for energy and nutrients; also called a heterotroph
Cellular Respiration The process by which organisms use oxygen to release the chemical energy of sugars
Herbivore An organism that eats plants
Carnivore An animal that kills and eats other animals
Omnivore An organism that eats both plants and animals
Detritivore An organism (e.g., a millipede or soil insect) that scavenges the waste products or dead bodies of other community members
Decomposer An organism (e.g., a fungus or bacterium) that breaks down nonliving matter into simple parts that can then be taken up and reused by primary producers
Trophic Level A rank in a feeding hierarchy
Biomass The total number of living tissue in a tropic level
Food Chain A linear series of feeding relationships
Food Web A diagram of feeding relationships and energy flow showing the paths by which nutrients and energy pass from one organism to organism as one consumes another
Keystone Species A species that has a strong or wide-ranging impact on a community
4 - START ) Succession A somewhat predictable series of charges over time in a community
Primary Succession The somewhat predictable series of changed in a community that follows a disturbance so severe that no vegetation or soil life remains
Pioneer Species One of the first species to colonize newly exposed land
Secondary Succession The somewhat predictable series of changes in a community that follows a disturbance (e.g., a fire, logging, or farming) that dramatically alters the community but does not destroy all vegetation or soil life
Invasive Species A nonnative species that spreads widely in a community
 

 



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