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Food chain |
A series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten.Phytoplankton |
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Phytoplankton |
Primary producers like floating algae It takes inorganic sources like light, oxygen, and converts it into organic sources sugar and starch. |
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Primary producers |
Producers of organic food from inorganic sources |
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Photosynthesis |
It converts the light into food and energy. |
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Food web |
Network of complex interactions formed by the feeding relationship among the various organisms in an ecosystem |
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Trophic level |
The primary always makes up the first trophic level. |
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Ecological pyramid |
This pyramid shows the relative amount of energy or matter in each trophic level. |
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Zooplankton |
This organism feeds on marine algae that live beneath floating sea ice. |
