Duquesne bio 111 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Phototrophs - Organisms that capture energy from sunlight Heterotrophs - Organisms that obtain organic carbon compounds by consuming other organisms Autotrophs - organisms that make their own organic carbon from inorganic sources Chemotrophs - Organisms that derive their energy directly from organic molecules such as glucose First law of thermodynamics and relation to energy - Energy is neither created nor destroyedenergy of the starting materials for a reaction will equal the sum of energi...