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photosynthesis vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| photosynthesis | the process by which plants and some other organisms capture light energy and use it to make food from carbon dioxide and water |
| Chlorophyll | a substance that gives chloroplasts their green color and captures energy from sunlight and uses it to produce food |
| Stomata | the small openings on the undersides of most leaves through which oxygen and carbon dioxide can move |
| Trophic level | a group of organisms that occupy the same level in a food chain |
| Transpiration | the process by which water is lost through a plant’s leaves |
| Chloroplast | a structure in the cells of plants and some other organisms that captures energy from sunlight and uses it to produce food |
| Glucose | a sugar that is the major source of energy for the body’s cells |
| Biomass | the living or formerly living material in an ecosystem |
| Producer | an organism that can make its own food |
| Consumer | an organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms |
| Decomposer | an organism that breaks down the large molecules from wastes and the remains of dead organisms into small molecules and returns important materials to the soil & water |
| Respiration | the process by which cells break down simple food molecules to release the energy they contain |
| Saprotroph | an organism that feeds on or derives nourishment from decaying organic matter |
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