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Ecosystems
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Primary Productivity | Rate at which producers in an ecosystem build bio mass |
| energy pyramid | diagram representing energy loss from one trophic level to the next |
| biomass pyramid | diagram representing the biomass in each trophic level of an |
| pyramid of numbers | representation of the number of individual organisms in each trophic level of an ecosystem |
| Kinetic energy | energy of motion |
| calorie | amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 g of water 1°C |
| potential energy | energy stored due to an object's position or arrangement |
| ATP | Energy |
| thermal energy | total amount of energy associated with the random movement of atoms and molecules in a sample of matter |
| chemical energy | potential to perform work due to the arrangement of atoms within molecules |