Unit 1: Interactions within Ecosystems pg. 2 Chapters 1, 2, 3.
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PACKET #80CHAPTERS #54 & #50
Ecosystems &The Flow of Energy &
Matter
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Introduction
Ecosystem Encompasses all the interactions among organisms
living together in a particular place, and among those organisms and their abiotic environments
Individual communities and their abiotic environments Earth, which encompasses the biosphere (all of
Earth’s communities) and its interaction with Earth’s water, soil, rock and atmosphere, is the largest ecosystem
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ENERGY FLOW
Ecosystems
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Energy Flow Through Ecosystems
The flow of energy is linear—as energy cannot be reused by organisms Energy begins as solar energy, which is trapped by
photosynthesis in the form of chemical energy Chemical energy is then available to do work
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Energy Flow II
Energy flow describes who eats whom in ecosystems A food chain describes
the sequential passage of energy
A food web shows the complexity of interconnected food chains Remember that a food
web is composed of many food chains
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Energy Flow III
Food Chain Refresher Primary producers are
autotrophs and comprise the first trophic level
Herbivores, primary consumers, comprise the second trophic level May find omnivores here
Carnivores and/or omnivores, comprise trophics level three and higher all the way to the decomposers
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Energy Flow IV
Ecological Pyramid Illustrates the trophic
levels May be a pyramid of
Numbers
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Energy Flow V
Ecological Pyramid Illustrates the trophic
levels May be a pyramid of
Biomass
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Energy Flow VI
Ecological Pyramid Illustrates the trophic
levels May be a pyramid of
Energy
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PRODUCTIVITY
Ecosystems
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Productivity I
Energy flow begins with primary productivity The amount of light energy converted to chemical energy,
in the form of organic molecules, by an ecosystem’s autotrophs, over a given period of time.
Gross Primary Productivity (kilocalories fixed per area per time OR grams carbon fixed) Expresses the total rate of photosynthesis of an ecosystem
Net Primary Productivity (kilocalories fixed per area per time OR grams carbon fixed) The energy remaining after cellular respiration
Gross total productivity – energy used for cellular respiration
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Productivity II
Primary Productivity is always expressed as a RATE and is represented via Kilocalories fixed per
area per time Joules per square meter
per year Grams carbon fixed
(Biomass) The dry weight of
vegetation added to an ecosystem per unit area per unit time Grams per square
meter per year
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Productivity III
Rates of productivity are influenced by environmental factors
Tropical rain forests are the most productive terrestrial ecosystems
Wetlands, coral reefs, and estuaries are the most productive aquatic ecosystems
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Productivity IV
Energy flow is never 100% efficient and results in the Pyramid of Productivity
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Productivity V
Relationship of productivity to biological diversity is complex Ecosystems may be more diverse as productivity
increases, but after a certain point, diversity will decline with increasing productivity
Important when considering nutrient-enriched environments Especially those that are impacted by human application
of fertilizers and enrichment by animal wastes.
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Cycles of Matter in Ecosystem
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Introduction
Biochemical cycles are cycles of matter between the abiotic and biotic components of the environment
Carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and water cycles are central to life on earth
Carbon, nitrogen and water cycles have atmospheric components and cycle on a global scale
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Carbon Cycle
Carbon dioxide is the pivotal molecule in the carbon cycle
Human activities, since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, have contributed an increasing amount of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels
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Nitrogen Cycle
Bacteria are essential to this cycle Nitrogen fixing bacteria
converts nitrogen gas to ammonia
Nitrifying bacteria converts ammonia to nitrate
Denitrifying bacteria converts, anaerobes, convert nitrate to nitrogen gas
Nitrogen is needed for the production of proteins
Nitrogen oxides are also an ingredient in photochemical smog
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Phosphorus Cycle
Fertilizers, runoff containing animal wastes, and sewage introduce phosphorus into aquatic ecosystems
Phosphorus loss accelerated by clear cutting Brazil
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Water Cycle
Enough said!
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THE SUN
Abiotic Factors in Ecosystems
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The Sun
Warms the earthSolar energy
biogeochemical cycles
Temperature changes with latitude Sun’s rays strike the
equatorial regions vertically which result in warmer temperatures
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The Sun II
Temperature changes with season Tilting of the Earth’s axis
causes the amount of solar radiation to vary during the year
How does this help with the establishment of ocean currents?
How does temperature change help with support life in standing bodies of water? More to come
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