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Objectives•Analyze the energy pathways through the different trophic levels of a food web or energy pyramid•Evaluate the impact of changes in energy within different trophic levels EQ: How does a farmer’s choice of pesticides affect the health of humans?
Energy flow
What is a food chain?A food chain is series of step in
which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten.
What is a producer--autotrophAn organism that creates it’s own food
through photosynthesis
What can you think of that might be the most common energy source for all producers?
The SUN
Producers aka AUTOTROPHSPrimary producers are
“organisms capable of producing their own food”
We can also say that they are photosynthetic, use light energy.
Examples of primary producers include algae, phytoplankton, and large plants.
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CONSUMERS AKA HETEROTROPHSAnimals AND fungi are consumers because they
cannot create their own food, they must eat (consume) plants or other animals to get the energy they need.
Classify Consumers1. Primary Consumers: Herbivores eat plants
2. Secondary Consumers: Carnivores that eat herbivores
3. Tertiary Consumers: Carnivores that eat other carnivores
Detritivores: Animals that eat dead materials and organic wastes (aka decomposers)
Detritus: waste and remains of dead organism.
•Every ecosystem includes both biotic (living) and abiotic (nonliving) factors.
•The biotic factors are organized into trophic levels.
Trophic level: an organism’s position in the food chain
90% of the energy in each trophic level is lost to the environment as heat.
SUNLIGHT ENERGY
Heat Loss
Heat Loss
A pyramid of numbers shows the numbers of individual organisms at each trophic level in an ecosystem.
tertiaryconsumers
secondaryconsumers
primaryconsumers
producers
5
5000
500,000
5,000,0005,000,000producers
• A vast number of producers are required to support even a few top level consumers.
Pyramids of Biomass and Numbers
The total amount of living tissue within a given trophic level is called its Biomass
Biomass is usually measured:
# of organic matter _______________________
area
Food Web ActivityWith your group, create a food web with at least 15
organisms using the Marine Food Web Packet. Draw the food web on your poster. The food chain and food web must include a producer, decomposer, and three levels of consumer (primary, secondary, tertiary). Label them (use color coding).
On the same side of your poster draw a trophic
pyramid using at least 7 of your organisms. Label the producers with 100% energy and then label each of the other levels with how much energy they receive.
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