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| The form of energy which is contained in food |
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| The increase in biomass of living things, which can provide food for other organisms. |
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| Muscular and other activities that require chemical energy which is then converted to heat energy |
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| All the energy in living things is eventually converted into this form, and is lost (but not destroyed) from the ecosystem - and the planet |
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| How energy is used and able to be passed on to the next level in a food chain |
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| Movement, heat, undigested material |
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| Uses of energy that result in energy being lost from the food chain |
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| A diagram with the width of each bar representing the number of organisms at that feeding level |
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| A diagram with the width of each bar representing the total energy of organisms at that feeding level |
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