ECOLOGY
ENERGY FLOW AND PRIMARY PRODUCTION
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energy path
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food pyramid
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trophic level
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food web
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Detailed explanation-1: -What is the term for each step in the transfer of energy and matter within a biological community? energy path.
Detailed explanation-2: -Trophic Level. The term for each step in the transfer of energy and matter within a biological community. Population. All the members of a particular species that live in one area.
Detailed explanation-3: -Each step in a food chain or food web is called a trophic level. Primary producers always make up the first trophic level. Various consumers occupy every other level.
Detailed explanation-4: -The efficiency with which energy or biomass is transferred from one trophic level to the next is called as the ecological efficiency.
Detailed explanation-5: -Energy is transferred between organisms in food webs from producers to consumers. The energy is used by organisms to carry out complex tasks. The vast majority of energy that exists in food webs originates from the sun and is converted (transformed) into chemical energy by the process of photosynthesis in plants.