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Oil: Fossil Fuels

Fossil Fuels are made of thousands of years old dead plants and animals

They are buried under tons of Earth and the energy contained in the plants and animals is converted to oil.

Oil is then used to make gas for cars and other engines, including ones that create electricity!!!

Energy Transfer

A Joule is a way to describe energy. It is named after this guy

James Prescott Joule

It takes 4.2 Joules to heat 1 gram of water 1 degree Celsius.

If 1,000,000 Joules of sunlight hit a field of grass, how is this energy

Transferred to the ecosystem?

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The Energy Pyramid

Energy

Energy

Energy

Energy

Primary Producers (Photosynthesis)

Primary Consumers

Secondary Consumers

Tertiary Consumers

Photosynthesis

Energy in the form of food