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17 Cards in this Set
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Autotroph |
Definition: organisms that use energy in light to make sugars (glucose) |
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Heterotroph |
Definition:
organisms that get their energy from consuming other organisms |
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Photosynthesis |
Definition: the process in which producers create sugars through the conversion of light energy |
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Consumers |
Definition:
an organism that eats something or organism |
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Law of Conservation of Energy |
Definition: the law that states that energy is neither created or destroyed |
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Food Chain |
Definition: the simplest path that energy takes through an ecosystem |
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Trophic Level |
Defintion: the "feeding level" an organism is on |
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Producers |
Definition:
autotrophs or organisms that make their own food |
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Primary Consumers |
Definition: organisms that typically eat plants or herbivores |
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Secondary Consumers |
Definition: organisms that eat or consume primary consumers or carnivores and omnivores |
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Carnivores |
Definition: an organism that eats other animals (meat and flesh) |
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Omnivores |
an organism that eats both plants and animals |
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Decomposer |
Definition: a heterotroph that breaks down material |
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Food Web |
Definition: a system of many interconnected food chains that describes the various paths that energy takes |
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Ecological Pyramid |
Definition: a pyramid that shows how energy is consumed as you go through the food chain |
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Number Pyramid |
Definition:
a pyramid that represents the number of organisms in a trophic level |
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Biomass Pyramid |
Definition: a pyramid that represents the total mass of organisms available at each level |
