Chapter 3 APES
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| Biosphere | The region of our planet where life resides, the combination of all ecosystems on Earth.
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| Producer/Autotroph | An organism that uses photosynthesis to produce energy; autotroph
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| Photosynthesis | Process by which producers use solar energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose.
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| Cellular respiration | the process by which cells unlock energy of chemical compounds
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| Consumer/Heterotroph | An organism incapable of photosynthesis; eats other organisms
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| Herbivore/primary consumer | A consumer that eats producers; primary consumers
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| Carnivore | Eats other consumers
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| Secondary consumer | A carnivore that eats primary consimers
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| Tertiary consumer | Carnivore that eats other secondary consumers
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| Trophic levels | successive levels of organisms consuming one another
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| Food Chain | The sequence of consumption from producers through tertiary consumers.
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| Food Web | A complex model of how energy and matter move between trophic levels.
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| Scavengers | organisms that consume dead animals
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| Detrivores | organisms that specialize in breaking down dead tissues and waste products.
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| Decomposers | Fungi and bacteria that convrt organic material into small elements and molecules that can be recycled back into the ecosystem.
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| GPP | total amount of solar energy produced over a given period of time.
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| NPP | Total amount of solar energy produced over a given period of time minus the energy producers respire.
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| Biomass | Total amount of living matter in a specific area.
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| Ecological Efficiency | the proportion of consumed energy that can be passe from one trophic level to another.
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| Trophic Pyramid | A representation of the distribution of biomass, numbers, or energy among trophic levels.
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| biogeochemical cycle | The movement of matter within and between ecosystems.
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| Hydrologic cycle | The movement of water within and through the biosphere,
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| Transpiration | the release of water from leaves during photosynthesis
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| Runoff | Water that moves across the land surface and into streams and rivers
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| Carbon Cycle | the movement of carbon around the biosphere
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| Limiting Nutrient | A nutrient required for the growth of an organism but available in a lower quantity than other nutrients.
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| Nitrogen Cycle | Movement of nitrogen around the biosphere
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| Leaching | The transportation of dissolved molecules through the soil via groundwater.
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| Phosphorus cycle | The movement of phosphorus around the biosphere.
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| Sulfur cycle | movement of sulfur around the biosphere.
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