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36.2 and 7.2 Voab
Question | Answer |
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Primary productivity | Primary productivity is basically the rate where producers build biomass (it also determines the amount of energy that goes through the different trophic levels). |
Energy Pyramid (or Food Pyramid) | Emphasizes the energy lost from the tropic levels. |
Biomass Pyramid | Represents the biomass in each tropic level. |
Pyramid of Numbers | Depicts the number of organisms in each tropic levels. |
Kinetic Energy | The energy of motion (basically anything in motion is kinetic energy, since kinetic means "motion"). |
Potential Energy | Stored energy due to the body's position or arrangements. |
Thermal Energy | A type of kinetic energy that transfers from a warmer object to a colder object. |
Chemical Energy | A type of potential energy that results from chemicals reacting to each other. |
Calorie | An amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water to 1 degree celsius. |
ATP | ATP is produced by almost all living things in their mitochondria. Also, it is the major currency of energy in the body. |