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Vocabulary-Kelsey
Chapter 3 section 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Food Chain | a series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten. |
| Phytoplanton | a primary producer in some aquatic food chains |
| Food web | shows the different food chains and how they transfer energy |
| Zooplankton | feed on marine algae |
| Pyramides of energy | show the relative amount of energy available at each trophic level |
| trophic level | each step or level in a food chain |
| Ecological Pyramides | show the relative amount of energy or matter contained within each trophic level |
| Biomass | the total amount of living tissue within a given trophic level |