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Aim How does energy flow through a food web?. Do Now 1. Answer the Do Now question 2. Look over handed back work. Food Chain. _______________ ________________ ____________________ _______________ . Food Chain. Grass Rabbit Snake Bear.
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Do Now1. Answer the Do Now question2. Look over handed back work
Food Chain _______________ ________________ ____________________ _______________
Food Chain Grass Rabbit Snake Bear Autotroph Herbivore Omnivore Carnivore Producer Primary Consumer Secondary Consumer Tertiary Consumer
First level of pyramid • Producers • Producer level contains the most energy
Next levels of pyramid • After the producer level, all subsequent levels are: Consumers
Energy pyramid 1. A diagram showing the relative amount of energy contained in each level of a food chain or web
Why less energy? 2. Energy is lost to the environment 3. Energy is used up by each organism for everyday life processes
Energy passed to each level • Only about 10% of energy is passed from one level to the next level
Food web to energy pyramid Food Web Energy pyramid Trees and Grass Hawk Snake, owl, hawk Cricket, mouse, deer Many food chains
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Base your answer on the diagram and on your knowledge of biology. Which level of consumers contains the largest percentage of total stored energy? • level A • level B • level C • level D
Base your answer on the diagram and on your knowledge of biology. Which organism is a primary consumer? • alga • crustacean • sunfish • great blue heron
The diagram shows nutritional relationships between organisms of various populations in a food web. Which organisms are classified as secondary consumers? • hawk, grasshopper, and mouse • rabbit, mouse, and snake • grasshopper, frog, and rabbit • snake, hawk, and frog
The role of an organism within a community is known as its 1.niche 2.habitat 3.biome 4.succession