Energy in Ecosystems · Energy Flow Through an Ecosystem Author: Mary Poarch Created Date:...
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Energy in Ecosystems
Where does all the energy go?
REMEMBER TO TAKE CORNELL NOTES!
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Where do ecosystems fit in?
Biosphere
Ecosystems
Communities
Populations
Individuals
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What are the energy laws?
2 Laws of Thermodynamics:
1) Energy cannot be created nor destroyed.
2) Energy can be transformed into different types of energy.
Energy flows through ecosystems.
It cannot be recycled.
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How does energy flow through ecosystems?
o Begins with the sun… o Producer Consumers
o 1’ consumers (herbivores) o 2’ consumers (carnivores) o 3’ consumers (omnivores)
o Some energy is lost as heat
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What are the different ways organisms acquire energy?
They can be…
o Producers
o Consumers
o Decomposers
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What are Producers?
Organisms that produce their own food from the sun’s energy
Autotrophs = “self –feeders”
Ex. Plants, some photosynthetic bacteria & protists
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What are Consumers?
Organisms that consume other organisms for energy
Heterotrophs = “other–feeders”
Ex. All animals (herbivores, carnivore/predators, omnivores, scavengers, etc)
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What are Decomposers?
Organisms that consume dead organic matter for energy
Saprotrophs = “detritus–feeders” aka detritivores
Ex. Fungi, some bacteria
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A FOOD CHAIN shows the transfer of energy from the sun to producer to primary consumer then to higher order consumers.
What is a Food Chain?
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A TROPHIC LEVEL is a “feeding level”. Producers are (T1) or
Trophic Level 1.
What is a Trophic Level?
T1 plants T2
grasshopper
T3 frog
T4 eagle
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Identify the…
•Producer (T1) •Primary Consumer (T2) •Secondary Consumer (T3) •Tertiary Consumer (T4) •Quaternary Consumer (T5) •Which direction does energy flow?
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Another way of showing the transfer
of energy in an ecosystem is the
ENERGY PYRAMID
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What is an energy pyramid? Energy pyramids show the amount of available energy for each trophic level.
Only 10% of the available energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next.
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Food Chains Show Available Energy
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What is a Food Web? o Interconnected food chains
o Show the complex feeding relationships in an ecosystem
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Identify the…
Producers
1’ Consumers
2’ Consumers
3’ Consumers
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Any Questions?