Ecology Concepts

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What is a Food Web?

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A system of interlocking and interdependent food chains.

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What is a trophic level?

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The position of an organism in the food web and the number of steps it is from the beginning of the chain.

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What is an Ecological Pyramid?

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A diagram that shows the distribution of energy, matter, or organisms in an ecosystem by trophic level.

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What is a Food Chain?

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