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Ecology ll
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7th Grade
02/19/2015

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Term
Potential Energy
Definition
energy that is stored
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Kinetic Energy
Definition
energy in motion
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Photosynthesis
Definition
the chemical reaction where plants use H2O, CO2 and sunlight to make glucose and O2
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Food Chains
Definition
Use pictures/words and arrows to show the movement of energy in an ecosystem
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Aquatic Food Chains
Definition
water related food chains with sea plants and animals
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Terrestrial Food Chain
Definition
land related food chains with land plants and animals
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Food Web
Definition
a series of interconnected food chains
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Trophic Level
Definition
indicates the position that the organism occupies on a food chain
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Producer
Definition
organism that is capable of making its own food
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Consumer
Definition
organism that must get its nutrients by eating other organisms
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Primary Consumer
Definition
on summer that eats an autotroph
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Energy Pyramid
Definition
shows the amount of energy that moves from one trophic level to another
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10% Rule
Definition
Only about 10% of energy is passed to the next level of the pyramid
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Joule
Definition
a unit of energy
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Biomagnification
Definition
process where a substance increases in concentration as it moves through the food chain
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Toxin
Definition
a chemical pollutant
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Arrows
Definition
point to the animal that is receiving the energy
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Secondary consumer
Definition
consumer that eats a primary consumer
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Top Predator
Definition
an animal with no natural enemies
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Equilibrium
Definition
occurs when populations do not change over time
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