Biology GCSE
Biomass as living material
What Biomass as living material means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Biomass as living material
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The mass of living material, often measured as dry mass per unit area, for example in grams per square metre (g/m²).
Topics that use Biomass as living material
- Pyramids of biomass (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Energy and biomass loss in food chains
- Pyramid of biomass
- pyramids of biomass
- Trophic level
- Proportional
- Proportional representation
- Scale
- Trophic level 1
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