Pop & Eco 5 (Energy Pyramids)
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| Energy Pyramid | a diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web
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| Trophic Levels | The levels of an energy pyramid through which energy flows from producers to primary consumers, secondary consumers and so on.
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| Autotroph | An organism that makes its own food (a producer)
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| Omnivore | organism that obtains energy by eating both plants and animals
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| Detrivore | a scavenger, such as an earthworm, that feeds on dead plant and animal matter
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| Biomass | organic matter that can be a source of energy in an ecosystem.
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| Photosynthesis | process by which plants use the sun's energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars
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| Reactants of Photosynthesis | CO2 & H2O
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| Products of Photosynthesis | C6H12O6 (glucose) & O2 (oxygen)
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| Calories | Units of heat that measure the energy used by the body and the energy that foods supply to the body
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| Items that lack calories | Water, sleep, vitamins, minerals
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| Items that have calories | Fats, Carbohydrates, Proteins
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| Uses for food | Energy, nutrients, building body tissue.
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| 10% | The amount of biomass energy that transfers up to the next trophic level in an ecosystem.
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| 90% | The amount of biomass energy lost beween trophic levels in an ecosystem.
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| Decomposers | Organisms that break down wastes and dead organisms and return raw materials to the environment
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| Herbivores | An organism that eats only plants.
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| Carnivores | Organisms that eat other animals for energy
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| Detritus | Dead organic matter or waste products
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| Heterotrophs | organisms that cannot make their own food
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