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    A. Big Idea of Ecology-Interdependence: - Everything Is Connected

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    The document discusses energy flow through ecosystems. It explains that energy from the sun is stored by producers like plants through photosynthesis and then consumed by herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores. Decomposers then recycle nutrients from dead producers and consumers. Food webs illustrate how energy and matter move between organisms. An energy pyramid shows that only about 10% of energy is transferred to each higher trophic level, resulting in decreasing population sizes at higher levels.

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    The document discusses energy flow through ecosystems. It explains that energy from the sun is stored by producers like plants through photosynthesis and then consumed by herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores. Decomposers then recycle nutrients from dead producers and consumers. Food webs illustrate how energy and matter move between organisms. An energy pyramid shows that only about 10% of energy is transferred to each higher trophic level, resulting in decreasing population sizes at higher levels.

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    The document discusses energy flow through ecosystems. It explains that energy from the sun is stored by producers like plants through photosynthesis and then consumed by herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores. Decomposers then recycle nutrients from dead producers and consumers. Food webs illustrate how energy and matter move between organisms. An energy pyramid shows that only about 10% of energy is transferred to each higher trophic level, resulting in decreasing population sizes at higher levels.

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    A. Big Idea of Ecology-Interdependence: - Everything Is Connected

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    Ecosystems Section 2

    A. BIG IDEA OF ECOLOGY-INTERDEPENDENCE


    • EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED
    Ecosystems Section 2

    B. How to Analyze Ecosystems

    1. Observe how energy moves through


    ecosystem

    2. Observe nutrients for life -- water, oxygen,


    nitrogen, minerals
    Ecosystems Section 2

    C. Measuring Energy Flow


    1. All energy starts with the sun

    2. Producers store sun’s energy in molecules


    (photosynthesis)
    --- sometimes called “autotrophs”
    --- plants, algae, plankton

    3. Consumers eat the molecules created by producers


    (also called heterotrophs)--- herbivores, carnivores,
    omnivores

    4. Decomposers get energy from dead producers and


    consumers--recycle nutrients into soil
    Ecosystems Section 2

    Energy Flow, continued


    Ecosystems Section 2

    Energy Flow, cont.


    Ecosystems Section 2

    D. Food Webs illustrate Energy Flow

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    Ecosystems Section 2

    D. Food Webs illustrate Energy Flow


    Ecosystems Section 2

    Grassland food web

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    Ecosystems Section 2

    E. ENERGY PYRAMID
    • Energy is LOST when it moves from producers to
    consumers (used for life, body heat, uneaten calories)
    • Less energy for upper level predators--> lower
    populations
    Ecosystems Section 2

    “10% Rule”

    “10% Rule”
    Only 10% of energy
    at each level moves
    to next level
    Ecosystems Section 2

    Summary
    • In an ecosystem, energy flows from the sun to producers
    to consumers to decomposers.

    • Food webs illustrate how energy and nutrients move


    through ecosystems

    • Energy is stored at each part of a food web, but most


    energy is used or lost

    • An energy pyramid illustrates the “10% Rule” -- upper


    levels have less energy, and lower populations

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