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| A food chain is a series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten. |
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| phytoplankton is an aquatic organism that are mixtures of floating algae. |
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| a food web is a network of complex interactions formed by the feeding relationships among the various organisms in a ecosystem. |
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| zooplankton is small free floating animals that form part of plankton |
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| trophic level is each step in a food chain or food web. |
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| ecological pyramid is a pyramid that shows the relative amount of energy or matter contained within each trophic level in a given food chain or food web. |
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| is the total amount of living tissue within a given trophic level. |
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