Matter & Energy 2

Organisms that get their energy by eating the remains of other organisms

All the living and nonliving things in a given area

Living things that make their own food are called

A series of chemical reactions that convert light energy, water, and carbon dioxide into the food energy molecule glucose, and give off oxygen

A model of energy transfer that shows how food chains in a community are interconnected

Organisms that do not produce their own food, so they need to eat other organisms to get energy

A simple model that shows how energy moves from the Sun, to a producer, to one or more consumers through feeding relationships

A process by which glucose, a sugar, is broken down into small molecules

A model that shows the amount of energy available in each step of a food chain

A series of chemical reactions that convert the energy in food molecules into a usable form of energy called ATP