Autotroph

BIOL 1209 Writing Assignment 2 Cover Sheet I certify that the writing in this assignment is my individual work and is my sole intellectual property. It does not contain the ideas, or writing of other individuals/authors. Author: Mark Cooper Jr. Date: 10/24/12 Lab Instructor: Katherine Hovanes Lab Section # 12 Population Ecology Experiment Background: Phosphate is an abiotic factor; therefore, it is a nonliving factor that affects living organism. In this experiment

Ever since we were younger we always thought that many things were alive but what made us think that it was alive? For example, why are hedgehogs alive? One of the ways how hedgehogs are alive is that they have a cellular structure and function, they reproduce, they use metabolism, they use homeostasis, they have a long line of heredity, they have evolved, and they use interdependence. Hedgehogs are mammals so they reproduce sexually and it usually takes 35-58 days for their baby to be born. typically

Autotrophs are able to store chemical energy in food molecules they build themselves. Food is chemical energy stored in organic molecules, it provides both the energy to do work and the carbon to build the organisms body. Since most autotrophs transform sunlight to make food, the process they use is called photosynthesis. There are only three groups of organisms are capable of this energy transformation: plants, algae, and some bacteria. Autotrophs make food for their own use, but they make enough

Autotrophs and heterotrophs are two different organisms that have distinct traits that differentiate them from one another. Autotrophs produce their own food for their energy while heterotrophs are dependent on other organisms for their food, due to this autotrophs are known as primary sources on the food chain level while heterotrophs are the secondary and tertiary sources due to their reliance on autotrophs. Autotrophs are separated in two groups, photoautotrophs and chemoautotrophs, an example

Adenosine triphosphate (also known as ATP) energy, is the one molecule that connects many functions of life. ATP connects the feeding styles (autotrophs and heterotrophs, photosynthesis, respiration, the natural cycles of carbon, nitrogen, and energy in food chains, as well as the law of nature, or conservation of energy and mass. ATP is defined as a compound used by cells to store and release energy and acquires and transfers chemical energy in reactions that power these functions. ATP is made up

two identical daughter cells. 4 Autotroph: An autotroph or producer, is an organism that produces complex organic compounds from simple substances present in its surroundings, generally using energy from light or inorganic chemical reactions. Photrophic autotroph: An organism that manufactures its own food from inorganic substances using light for energy. Green plants, certain algae, and photosynthetic bacteria are photropic autotroph. Chemotrophic autotroph: In addition to deriving energy

living and farming on volcanoes is that the crops and plants get burnt during the eruption from a volcano and that affects the farmers resources. Another con of living and farming on volcano is the decreasing amount of sugar being produced by the autotrophs due to the lack of oxygen. If the ash and mud from a volcanic eruption mix with rainwater or melting snow fast moving mudflows are created, these are called mudflows, they destroy

the world around us works. The major components of an ecosystem are abiotic factors and biotic factors. Abiotic factors include rocks, the temperature of the ecosystem, the soil, sand, and the PH of the water. The Biotic factors are all the the autotrophs and animals that live in the ecosystem. A biosphere contains all of the ecological levels, and the only biosphere we know of is our Earth. In our Earth, the biosphere contain all ecological levels, but also the atmosphere. Our model shows a miniature

they have more than one cell. These organisms are Heterotrophs, so they must find their own food, by eating other organisms. They can’t make their own food.The plant kingdom contains Multicellular beings with Eukaryotic cells. The plants are also autotrophs meaning they make their own food (excepting the hydra which does eat other organisms). They use Photosynthesis to turn sunlight and nutrients into food. They are green because the contain chlorophyll to help them create food. Members of this kingdom

stored glucose is then consumed by a organism in the food chain. This could be a herbivore, microorganisms or a omnivore. An autotroph is an organism that produces complex organic compounds like protiens, carbohydrates, and fats. Heterotrophs function as consumers in food chains: they obtain organic carbon by eatng other heterotrophs or autotrophs. This contrasts with autotrophs, like plants and algae, which can use photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is the process in which light energy is used in chemical