Bioenergetics Vocabulary

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includes every living thing on earth and all the parts of the earth in which life exists including land water and air

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Biosphere

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Within the biosphere, a group of ecosystems that share similar climates and organisms.

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Biome

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group of organisms living together, interacting together - along with their physical environment

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Ecosystem

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a group of different populations that live together in a defined area

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Community

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any living part of the environment with which an organism might interact

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Biotic Factors

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A complex network of feeding interactions between organisms in an ecosystem

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Food Web

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The steps (or levels) in a food chain or food web

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Trophic Level

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A simple series of steps in which energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next according to which organism eats another organism on the chain below it.

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Food Chain

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a group of organisms of the same species that live in the same area.

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Population

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Consumers that eat both plants and animals

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Omnivores