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| An organism that can take energy from sun rays and chemicals and make its own food. |
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| An organism that makes its own food. Autotroph. |
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| Process in which energy is taken fro m the sun to create its own food. |
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| Process in which organisms take chemical energy to produce energy. |
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| Organisms that rely on other organisms for food and energy. |
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| Organisms that rely on other organisms for food and energy. Heterotroph. |
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| Organisms that obtain energy from eating plants only. |
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| An organism that only eats meat to obtain food and energy. |
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| An organism that obtains its energy from eating both plants and animals. |
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| Feed on the remains of plants, animals, and other dead stuff. |
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| Breaks down organic matter. Detritivore. |
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| A series of steps in which organisms pass on energy through eating and being eaten. |
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| A network of complex interactions between all food chains in an ecosystem. |
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| Each step in a food chain, food web, or ecological pyramid. |
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| A pyramid shaped diagram that shows the energy transfer between trohpic levels. (Rule of 10) |
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| The total amount of tissue in a trophic level. |
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| Rule stating that with each trophic level only 10% of energy is obtained from the level below. Other 90% goes to giving off heat and to life processes. (Breathing, moving, metaboizing, etc.) |
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