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Energy flows through ecosystems
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| biomass | organic material |
| primary productivity | the rate at which producers in an ecosystem build biomass |
| energy pyramid | food pyramid, emphasizes energy loss from one trophic level to the next |
| biomass pyramid | represents the actual biomass (dry mass of all organisms) in each trophic level in an ecosystem |
| pyramid of numbers | depicts the number of individuals organisms in each trophic level of n ecosystem |