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Ecosytem Energy
Energy flow in ecosystems; food chains & food webs
Term | Definition |
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Energy | The power needed for an an organism to grow, reproduce, and move. |
Matter | The nutrients that are recycled through a food web |
Energy pyramid | A diagram that shows how energy is transferred through an ecosystem. |
Food web | All of the feeding relationships in an ecosystem |
Food chain | One set of feeding relationships in an ecosystem |
Trophic levels | The different feeding positions of organisms in a food chain or food web. |
Biomass | The amount of living matter in a trophic level. |
Biomagnification | The increase in toxins as it is passed along the different trophic levels of a food chain |
Autotroph or Producer | An organism that makes its own food using energy |
Consumer or Heterotroph | An organism that relies on other organisms for food |
Chemotroph | An organism that makes food using chemical energy |
Herbivore | An organism that eats plants |
Omnivore | An organism that eats plants and meat |
Carnivore | An organism that eats meat |
Primary consumers | Organisms in the first feeding level of an energy pyramid; the herbivores |
Secondary consumers | Organisms in the second level of an energy pyramid; the carnivores or omnivores |
Tertiary consumers | Organisms in the third feeding level of an energy pyramid; the carnivores and omnivores. |
Decomposers | Organisms like bacteria and fungi that break down other organisms and recycle the matter |
Population | All of the individuals of the same species living in an area |
Community | All of the populations of organisms living an area |
Ecosystem | All of the living organisms in an area and the nonliving parts that affect them |