ECOLOGY
ENERGY FLOW AND THE FOOD CHAIN
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an animal that eats only plants.
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a diagram that shows how energy moves from one organism to another. (Grass>Mouse>Owl)
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An animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The diagram that depicts the flow of energy, as well as the energy that is transferred from one feeding level to another, is called the energy pyramid.
Detailed explanation-2: -An ecological pyramid is a diagram that shows the relative amounts of energy or matter contained within each trophic level in a food chain or food web.
Detailed explanation-3: -Food web is an important conceptual tool for illustrating the feeding relationships among species within a community, revealing species interactions and community structure, and understanding the dynamics of energy transfer in an ecosystem.
Detailed explanation-4: -Food chains and food webs are diagrams that represent feeding relationships. Essentially, they show who eats whom. In this way, they model how energy and matter move through ecosystems.