Ecosystems And Pyramids Flashcards

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What is a pyramid of numbers?

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The total population of a species at each level

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How much energy is transferred through each trophic level?

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10%

90% lost though heat, movement and waste

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What is a pyramid of biomass?

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Total living mass or organisms at each level

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What is a pyramid of energy?

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The total energy of every organism at each level

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Habitat?

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Where an organism lives

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Species?

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Members that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring

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Population?

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The total number of the same species in an ecosystem

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Community?

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Total number of all living species in an ecosystem

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Ecosystem?

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Community + habitat

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Niche?

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A role an organism plays in an ecosystem

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Biome?

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Area of the planet that share similar climate, flora and fauna

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