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Energy Flow

Through an
Ecosystem
Food Chains, Food Webs,
Energy Pyramids


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ïegins with the
SUN
ïPhotosynthesis

6CO2 + 6H2O + sunlight & chlorophyll


ŒC6H12O6 + 6O2

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Photosynthesis
ïChemical reaction where green plants
use water & carbon dioxide to store the
sun·s energy in glucose
ï ENERGY is stored in glucose
ï Glucose is stored as starch in plants

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rganisms that can
make glucose during
photosynthesis are
called PR ‘

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Producers use
most of the
energy they make
for themselves.

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

  
6O2 + C6H12O6 --> 6H2O + 6CO2 + energy

CELLULAR
RESPIRATIN is
the chemical
reaction that
releases the
energy in glucose.
glucose.


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

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rganisms that
cannot make their
own energy are called
CNSUMERS.

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Consumers that eat producers
to get energy:
ïAre first order (1 ) or st

primary consumers
ïAre herbivores (plant-
eaters)

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è t f the
energy the
primary c numer
get fr m the
pr ducer i ued
by the c numer.


  cc
  f th
nrgy  vs int
th at sphr as
hat.


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Some energy in the
primary consumer is
STRED & not lost
to the atmosphere or
used by the
consumer itself.
This energy is
available for another
consumer (predator).

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A Consumer that Eats Another
Consumer for Energy:
ïIs called a secondary or
2nd order consumer
ïMay be a carnivore or
a omnivore
ïMay be a predator
ïMay be a scavenger
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  c
è t f the
energy the
ec ndary
c numer get
fr m the primary
c numer i ued
by the ec ndary
c numer.

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  f th
nrgy is l st as
hat,
hat, but s 
nrgy is st rd
and can passd
n t an thr
c nsur.


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A consumer that eats a
consumer that already ate a
consumer:
ïIs called a 3rd order
or tertiary consumer
ïMay be a carnivore or
a omnivore
ïMay be a predator
ïMay be a scavenger
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Consumers that eat producers
& other consumers

Are called
omnivores
mnivores
eat plants
and
animals
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Consumers that hunt &
kill other consumers are
called predators.
The animals that are
hunted & killed are
called prey.

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Consumers that eat
other dead consumers
are called scavengers
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The transfer of energy from
the sun to producer to primary
consumer then to higher order
consumers can be shown in a
FD CHAIN.


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Food Chains Show Available Energy

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More Food Chains

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Another way
of showing the
transfer of
energy in an
ecosystem is
the
ENERGY
PYRAMID

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Energy Pyramids Show
ïAmount of available
energy decreases for
higher consumers
ï Amount of available
energy decreases down the
food chain
ï It takes a large number
of producers to support a
small number of primary
consumers
ï It takes a large number
of primary consumers to
support a small number of
secondary consumers
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Food Webs:
ïAre
interconnected
food chains
ï They show the
feeding
relationships in
an ecosystem

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Identify the Producers, Consumers, &
Decomposers:
    
 
 


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