Lecture Review: Key Concepts

These flashcards cover essential vocabulary and concepts from the lecture.

Photosynthesis

The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods with the help of chlorophyll.

Cellular Respiration

The metabolic process by which cells convert glucose and oxygen into energy, carbon dioxide, and water.

Ecosystem

A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

Biodiversity

The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

Natural Selection

The process by which organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.

Climate Change

Significant and lasting changes in the average temperature and weather patterns over an extended period.

Food Chain

A hierarchical series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food.

Biogeochemical Cycle

The movement of elements and compounds between living organisms and the physical environment.