Lecture Notes Review

A set of vocabulary flashcards based on key concepts from the lecture notes on ecology and biological processes.

Photosynthesis

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

Cellular Respiration

The set of metabolic reactions that take place in the cells of organisms to convert biochemical energy from nutrients into ATP.

Ecosystem

A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

Trophic Levels

The hierarchical levels in an ecosystem, consisting of producers, consumers, and decomposers.

Biomagnification

The process where toxic substances accumulate in greater concentrations in the tissues of organisms at each successive level of the food chain.