Biology and Ecology Lecture Notes: Bridget Gunther

Vocabulary flashcards based on student lecture notes regarding food chains, photosynthesis, plant anatomy, and ecological roles.

Food Chain Arrows

Displays showing the energy conversion as energy goes from the producers to the next producer in the chain.

Secondary Consumers

Carnivores such as the Owl, Fox, and Frog that eat the primary consumers.

Stamen

The specific part of the plant that gives the pollen.

Petal Colors

Features of a plant that are meant to be attracting to other insects.

Producers

Organisms that provide oxygen ($O_2$), food, energy, and glucose, but do not provide large numbers of seeds.

Photosynthesis Outputs

Products including food, energy, oxygen ($O_2$), glucose, and the production of carbon dioxide ($CO_2$).

Sticky Stigma

A term identified in the reasoning as something that does not exist.

Deer

An example of a consumer that eats apples.

Bacteria and Fungi

Examples of organisms categorized as decomposers.

Plant Requirements

The three essential items plants need: water ($H_2O$), sunlight, and food.

First Plants after Eruption

The first plants to be discovered on the land ever since the eruption occurred.

Snake and Grasshopper Dynamics

If hawks disappear, snakes increase because they lack a top predator, subsequently causing grasshoppers to decrease.

Seed Pods

Plant structures such as nuts which, according to the notes, are different from fruits.