Ecological pyrimads Flashcards

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The quantitative property that must be transferred to an object in order to perform work on, or to heat, the object.

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Energy

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A system of interlocking and interdependent food chains.

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Food web

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A series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food.

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Food chain

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Each of several hierarchical levels in an ecosystem, consisting of organisms sharing the same function in the food chain and the same nutritional relationship to the primary sources of energy.

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Trophic level

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A linked series of chemical reactions occurring within a cell.

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Metabolic processes

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Agraphical representation designed to show the biomass or bioproductivity at each trophic level in a givenecosystem.

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Ecological pyrimads

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The total quantity or weight of organisms in a given area or volume.

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Biomass

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