Matter and Energy in an Ecosystem Vocab

An organism that needs to eat in order to get energy storage molecules

• atom

• decomposer

• biotic

• consumer

The tiny pieces that all matter is made of

• atoms

• decomposers

• biotics

• consumers

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The living (and once living) matter in an ecosystem

• atom

• decomposer

• biotic

• consumer

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An organism that gets energy by breaking down dead matter

• atom

• decomposer

• biotic

• consumer

Ecosystem

• all of the living and non-living things in a particular area

• the process by which plants (producers) use sun energy to chance carbon dioxide to oxygen and glucose

• a part of a cell where cellular respiration happens

• living things such as plants, animals and bacteria

mitochondrion

• all of the living and non-living things in a particular area

• the process by which plants (producers) use sun energy to chance carbon dioxide to oxygen and glucose

• a part of a cell where cellular respiration happens

• living things such as plants, animals and bacteria

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photosynthesis

• all of the living and non-living things in a particular area

• the process by which plants (producers) use sun energy to chance carbon dioxide to oxygen and glucose

• a part of a cell where cellular respiration happens

• living things such as plants, animals and bacteria

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organism

• all of the living and non-living things in a particular area

• the process by which plants (producers) use sun energy to chance carbon dioxide to oxygen and glucose

• a part of a cell where cellular respiration happens

• living things such as plants, animals and bacteria

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Which of the following are types of energy storage molecules?

• glycogen

• starch

• titanium

• fat

The ability to make things move or change

• carbon dioxide

• energy

• abiotic

• carbon

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