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Trophic Structure |
‘troup’ to feed or eat |
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Sunlight |
⬇Energy moves to producers |
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Producers |
⬇Energy moves to primary consumers |
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Primary Consumers |
⬇Energy moves to secondary consumers |
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Secondary Consumers |
⬇Energy moves to tertiary consumers |
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Tertiary Consumers |
⬇Energy moves to decomposers |
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Decomposers |
Matter is recycled back to producers. |
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Food chains |
A simplified model of energy passing from one trophic level to the next level |
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Food Web |
A model showing possible feeding relationships that could exist (multiple interacting food chains) |
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Stability |
a community at ‘equilibrium’ showing little disturbance or change over time |
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Ecological Succession |
This type of succession is basically starting from scratch with pioneer species, likes lichens and mosses. These species are the first to an area and have the ability to break down rock into dirt/soil |
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Climax community |
his is when a hardwood forest exist all over a specific area |
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Secondary Succession |
This type of succession starts from the grasses area. Soil already exist |
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Ecosystem |
This term to all the interactions communities within a given area plus the abiotic factors affecting it |
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Trophic levels |
Feeding relationships |
