Bioenergetics Vocabulary

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

Within the biosphere a group of ecosystems that share familiar climates and organisms

group of organisms living together, interacting together along with their physical enviroment

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

refers to all conditions including biotic factors and abiotic factors in which organisms live

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

A non native or alien species of plants animals or microbes whose introduction is likely to cause environmental harm

A complex network of feeding interactions between organisms in an ecosystem

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The steps in a food chain or food web

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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