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| food chain definitions | |||
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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | a series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten | 92 sets | |
| 2 | series of steps in an ecosystem in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten | 50 sets | |
| 3 | (ecology) a community of organisms where each member is eaten in turn by another member | 39 sets | |
| 4 | way of showing the food relationships among a group of organisms | 37 sets | |
| 5 | a series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy | 30 sets | |
| 6 | a linked feeding series; in an ecosystem the sequence of organisms through which energy and materials are transferred in the form of food from one trophic level to another. | 26 sets | |
| 7 | series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten | 25 sets | |
| 8 | pathway of food transfer from one trophic level to another | 22 sets | |
| 9 | a series of events in which one organism eats another | 14 sets | |
| 10 | a chain of organisms in which each link feeds on the one ahead and is eaten by the one behind | 13 sets | |
| 11 | the flow of energy through a community | 13 sets | |
| 12 | a community of organisms where each member is eaten in turn by another member | 13 sets | |
| 13 | the pathway of energy transfer through various stages as a result of the feeding patterns of a series of organisms | 11 sets | |
| 14 | a simple model that scientists use to show how matter and energy move through an ecosystem | 10 sets | |
| 15 | linear pathway of energy transfer in an ecosystem | 9 sets | |
| 16 | a simple model that scientists use to show how matter and energy move through an ecosystem. | 9 sets | |
| 17 | the path of food from one living thing to another | 9 sets | |
| 18 | a linked feeding series; in an ecosystem, the sequence of organisms through which energy and materials are transferred, in the form of food, from one trophic level to another. | 9 sets | |
| 19 | series of steps in an ecosystem in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten. | 9 sets | |
| 20 | the ways in which the organisms in an ecosystem interact with one another according to what they eat | 8 sets | |
| 21 | simple model that shows how matter and energy move through an ecosystem | 8 sets | |
| 22 | a series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy. | 8 sets | |
| 23 | the pathway along which food is transferred from trophic level to trophic level, beginning with producers | 8 sets | |
| 24 | diagramatic model that shows the movement of matter or energy through an ecosystem | 7 sets | |
| 25 | linked feeding series | 7 sets | |
| 26 | a diagram which shows the flow of energy from organism to organism. | 6 sets | |
| 27 | a sequence in which energy is transferred from one organism to the next as each organism eats another | 6 sets | |
| 28 | a linked feeding series | 6 sets | |
| 29 | simplified model that shows a single path for energy flow through an ecosystem | 6 sets | |
| 30 | a diagram that represents how the energy in food molecules flows from one organism to the next | 6 sets | |
| 31 | series of steps in an ecosystem in which organisms transfer enrgy by eating and being eaten | 5 sets | |
| 32 | a linear and simple feeding relation, where one organism has one type of food and is eaten by one type of organism | 5 sets | |
| 33 | the path of the energy in food from one organism to another | 5 sets | |
| 34 | the set of steps in which organisms get the food they need to survive. | 5 sets | |
| 35 | pathway beginning with producers along which energy is transferred from trophic level to trophic level | 5 sets | |
| 36 | a series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten. | 5 sets | |
| 37 | a chain of organisms in a community through which energy is transfered | 5 sets | |
| 38 | the path of energy through trophic levels of an ecosystem | 5 sets | |
| 39 | the pathway of energy transfer through various stages as a result of the feeding patterns of a series of organisms. | 5 sets | |
| 40 | a sequence in which energy is transferred from one organism to the next as each organism eats another organism | 5 sets | |