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Energy Flow Through an Ecosystem

Energy Flow Through an Ecosystem. Food Chains, Food Webs, Energy Pyramids. Begins with the SUN Photosynthesis. 6CO 2 + 6H 2 O + sunlight & chlorophyll  C6H 12 O 6 + 6O 2. The chemical reaction by which green plants use water and carbon dioxide and light from the sun to make glucose.

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Energy Flow Through an Ecosystem

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  1. Energy Flow Through an Ecosystem Food Chains, Food Webs, Energy Pyramids

  2. Begins with the SUN • Photosynthesis 6CO2 + 6H2O + sunlight & chlorophyll C6H12O6 + 6O2

  3. The chemical reaction by which green plants use water and carbon dioxide and light from the sun to make glucose. • ENERGY is stored in glucose; glucose is stored as starch.

  4. Organisms that can make glucose during photosynthesis are called PRODUCERS.

  5. Producers use most of the energy they make for themselves.

  6. Producers use cellular respiration to supply the energy they need to live.

  7. 6O2 + C6H12O6 -->  6H2O + 6CO2 + energy CELLULAR RESPIRATION is the chemical reaction that releases the energy in glucose.

  8. The energy that is not used by producers can be passed on to organisms that cannot make their own energy.

  9. Organisms that cannot make their own energy are called CONSUMERS.

  10. Consumers that eat producers to get energy: • Are first order or primary consumers • Ex. herbivores (plant-eaters)

  11. Most of the energy the primary consumer gets from the producer is used by the consumer.

  12. Some of the energy moves into the atmosphere as heat.

  13. Some energy in the primary consumer is not lost to the atmosphere or used by the consumer itself.This energy is available for another consumer.

  14. A consumer that eats another consumer for energy: • Is called a secondary or second order consumer • May be a carnivore • May be an omnivore • May be a predator • May be a scavenger

  15. Most of the energy the secondary consumer gets from the primary consumer is used by the secondary consumer.

  16. Some of the energy is lost as heat, but some energy is stored and can be passed on to another consumer.

  17. A consumer that eats a secondary consumer: • Is called a third order or tertiary consumer • May be a carnivore • May be an omnivore • May be a predator • May be a scavenger

  18. Consumers that eat producers & other consumers • Are called omnivores • Omnivores eat plants and animals

  19. Consumers that hunt & kill other consumers are called predators.The animals that are hunted & killed are called prey.

  20. Consumers that eat dead plants and animals are called scavengers.

  21. The transfer of energy from sun to producer to primary consumer to secondary consumer to tertiary consumer can be shown in a FOOD CHAIN.

  22. Another way of showing the transfer of energy in an ecosystem is theENERGY PYRAMID.

  23. Energy pyramids show • That the amount of available energy decreases down the food chain • It takes a large number of producers to support a small number of primary consumers • It takes a large number of primary consumers to support a small number of secondary consumers

  24. Food Webs: • Are interconnected food chains • They show the feeding relationships in an ecosystem

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