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| Photosynthesis | Plants use the sun's energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars |
| Carbon Cycle | the recycling of carbon through photosynthesis, respiration, combustion and decomposition in living things in an ecosystem |
| Combustion | Burning fossil fuels and wood, releasing energy and CO2 |
| consumer | An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms |
| producer | Able to make food for themselves (plants) |
| processes of the carbon cycle | photosynthesis, cellular respiration, combustion, consumption, and decomposition |
| chloroplast | Organelle found in cells of plant cells and some other organisms that CAPTURES the energy from sunlight and converts it into chemical energy |
| chlorophyll | Green pigment in plants that COLLECT light energy through its leaves used to carry out photosynthesis |
| cellular respiration | The process by which glucose combines with oxygen to produce ATP energy, carbon dioxide, and water. |
| decomposition | the state or process of rotting; decay. |
| decomposers | Organisms, like bacteria and fungi, that recycle nutrients back to the soil |
| matter | Anything that has mass and takes up space |
| Oxygen and Glucose | the products of photosynthesis |
| Reservoirs Carbon is stored | 1. fossil fuels 2. oceans 3. atmosphere 4. living organisms (plants, animals, dead organisms) |
| ATP (adenosine triphosphate) | Composed of a sugar ribose, nitrogenous base adenine, and a chain of three phosphate groups bonded to it that releases free energy. This energy is used to drive endergonic reactions in cells. |
| Mitochondria | Powerhouse of the cell, organelle that is the site of ATP (energy) production |
| conservation of mass law | the principle stating that matter is not created or destroyed during a chemical reaction, the atoms are simply rearranged |
| conservation of energy law | a principle stating that energy cannot be created or destroyed, but can be altered from one form to another. |
| Entropy | unusable energy (usually lost as heat) |
| carbon dioxide and water | the products of cellular respiration |
| reactants | the starting substances in a chemical reaction |
| Products | The elements or compounds produced by a chemical reaction. |
| yields | Makes, creates, produces; Arrow in chemical equation |
| Autotroph | An organism that makes its own food |
| Heterotroph | organism that obtains energy from the foods it consumes; also called a consumer |
| Photosynthesis | the only process that removes carbon from the atmosphere |
| decomposition, cellular respiration, combustion | processes that release carbon dioxide in to the atmosphere |
| Glucose | C6H12O6 |
