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| a photosynthetic pathway which the product is PGA, a 3 carbon acid | |
| organism that consumes flesh; approx. synon. with predator | |
| Structure which surrounds leaf veins of c4 plants, made up of cells where 4 carbon acids produced during carbon fixation are broken down to 3 carbon acids and co2 | |
| number of photons of light striking a square meter surface each second | |
| the enzyme that catalyzes the initial reaction in photosynthesis that combines co2 and ribulose biphosphate | |
| heterotrophic organism that eats plants | |
| prokaryotes distinguished from bacteria on the basis of structural, physiological, and other biological features | |
| co2 is fixed in mesophyll cells by combining it with phosphoenol pyruvate, or PEP to produce a 4 carbon acid; generally more drought tolerant than c3 | |
| evolution of a nonoxious species to resemble a poisonous or inedible species. | |
| an organism that uses carbon dioxide as a carbon source and light as an energy source to synthesize organic compounds | |
| a photosynthetic pathway largely limited to succulent plants in arid and semiarid environments, in which carbon fixation takes place at night when lower temperatures reduce the rat | |
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| process that maximizes or minimizes some quantity | |
| theory that attempts to model how organisms feed as an optimizing porcess, a process that maximizes or minimizes some quantity, such as energy intake or predation risk | |
| an organism that uses organic molecules both as a source of carbon and a source of energy | |
| organisms that feed on nonliving organic matter, usually on the remains of plants | |
| increase in animal feeding rate, which eventually levels off, that occurs in response to an increase in food availability | |
| level of light intensity, often measured as photon flux density | |
| comimicry among several species of noxious organisms | |
| wavelengths of light between 400 and 700 nm that photosynthetic organisms use as a source of energy | |
| total co2 uptake during photosynthesis minus the co2 produced by the plant's or alga's own respiration | |
| autotrophs that use inorganic molecules as a source of carbon and energy | |
| an organism that can synthesize organic molecules using inorganic molecules and energy from either sunlight or from inorganic molecules such as hydrogen sulfide | |
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