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Movement of Energy

TermDefinition
biotic biotic factors are living things within an ecosystem
Abiotic A biotic are non-living components; such as water, soil and atmosphere
organism an individual living thing that carries on the activities of life by means of organs which have separate functions but are dependent on each other
population a group of organisms of the same species living in the same geographic area at the same time
Community an interacting group of various species in a common location
Ecosystem a community of living organisms (plants, animals and microbes) in a particular area
Biosphere the region of the earth that encompasses all living organisms: plants, animals and bacteria
Photosynthesis A chemical process that occurs in plants, algae, and some types of bacteria, when they are exposed to sunlight
Producer organisms that make their own food
Cellular Respiration The process by which organisms exchange gases, especially oxygen and carbon dioxide, with the environment
Consumer an organism that cannot produce its own food and must eat other plants and/or animals to get energy
Herbivore an organism that mostly feeds on plants
Carnivore an organism that mostly eats meat, or the flesh of animals
Omnivore an organism that eats plants and animals
Trophic Levels the position of an organism in the food chain
Food Chain sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another
Food Web consists of all the food chains in a single ecosystem
Energy Pyramid a model that shows the flow of energy from one trophic, or feeding, level to the next in an ecosystem
Detritivore an organism that survives on a diet of dead and decaying plant and animal matter
Decomposer organism that breaks down dead organic material
Primary Production he production of chemical energy in organic compounds by living organisms
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