BI110 Chapter 24: Module 24

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23 Jan 2019
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Plants, algae, and photosynthetic bacteria use energy from sunlight to generate sugar molecules through the process of photosynthesis. Such organisms, known as photoautotrophic producers, convert the radiant energy of sunlight into chemical energy that they store in sugars and other organic compounds. Heterotrophic consumers must acquire the chemical energy they need by ingesting or absorbing organic molecules from other molecules. In both autotrophs and heterotrophs, cellular respiration is the process that releases energy through the breakdown of these food sources. This energy then used to fuel cellular processes. Carbohydrates, fats, and proteins an all be metabolized via cellular respiration. Each of these are broken down into smaller components (sugars, smaller fats, amino acids). Smaller molecules fed into cellular respiration process, chemical energy generated. A gram of fat produces more than twice as much atp as a gram of carbohydrate. Energy flows into ecosystem from sun and moves from producers to consumers through food web.

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