Unit 5 Ecology-Energy

what is the movement of energy through an ecosystem, typically starting from the sun?

• energy pyramid

• energy flow

• biomass

• 10% rule in ecology

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they "make their own food" and are the foundation for other organisms to eat.

• apex predators

• heterotrophs

• autotrophs

• food chain

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an organism that eats other plants or animals for energy and nutrients.

• heterotrophs

• food web

• ecological pyramid

• biomagnification

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animals that are at the top of the food chain and are not preyed upon by any other animals.

• bioaccumulation

• net primary productivity (npp)

• gross primary productivity (gpp)

• apex predators

a linear sequence that shows how energy and nutrients pass through an ecosystem as one organism eats another.

• food chain

• food web

• biomass

• ecological pyramid

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a visual representation of the feeding relationships between organisms in a community.

• food chain

• 10% rule in ecology

• food web

• bioaccumulation

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organic material from plants and animals that can be used as a renewable energy source.

• ecological pyramid

• biomass

• energy flow

• energy pyramid

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a visual representation of how energy flows through an ecosystem.

• ecological pyramid

• energy pyramid

• biomass

• biomagnification

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a diagram that shows how energy flows through an ecosystem.

• 10% rule in ecology

• ecological pyramid

• net primary productivity

• energy pyramid

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when energy moves from one level in a food chain to the next.

• biomass

• 10% rule in ecology

• gross primary productivity

• bioaccumulation

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