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Energy Flow
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Food web | Overlapping food chains with different pathways for the flow of food energy in an ecosystem. |
| Grazing food web | Starts with radiant energy captured by producers(plants) through photosynthesis, and continues with energy flow from producers to consumers and finally to decomposers. |
| Ecosystem | A system comparing all the biotic and abiotic factors in an area and all the interactions among them. |
| Energy Pyramid | A diagram that show the trophic levels of organisms in a food web. |
| Trophic level | The position an organism occupies on the food web. |
| Decomposers | Organisms such as bacteria and fungi that break down the remains of dead plants and animals without the need for internal digestion. |
| Food chain | A single, linear path showing the flow of energy from the sun to producer and through different levels of consumers. |
| Tertiary consumers | Animals that eat secondary consumers. |
| Secondary consumers | Animals that eat other animals that eat plants. |
| Primary consumers | An organism that gets their energy by feeding on producers in the food chain. |
| Carnivores | Animals that eat other animals. |
| Herbivores | Organisms that consume only plants. |
| Consumers | An organism that must consume other organisms for nutrients. |
| Producers | Organisms that make complex, energy-containing biomolecules from simple inorganic molecules using energy captured from light or inorganic chemical compounds. |
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