Biology Chapter 4 Flashcards

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Primary producers

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Organisms that produce their own food through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis.

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Consumers obtain energy and nutrients

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By consuming primary producers or other consumers.

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Photosynthesis process

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Photosynthesis is the process that uses energy from the sun to convert carbon dioxide and water into carbohydrates and oxygen.

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Product of photosynthesis

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Oxygen

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Reactants in the process of photosynthesis

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Carbon dioxide and water

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Definition of chemosynthesis

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A process that uses chemical energy to produce carbohydrates

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Substance used in chemosynthesis to produce carbohydrates

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Chemical energy

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Diagram of an underwater environment related to chemosynthesis

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Diagram showing an underwater environment where chemosynthesis occurs

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Byproducts of chemosynthesis

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Carbohydrates and sulfur compounds

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Primary energy source for photosynthesis

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Light energy