Bellringer/5.1 Notes
5.1 Energy Flow
I. How Organisms Obtain Energy Plants make their own food. Photosynthesis-process in which plants make their own food. Plants are also called Autotrophs Heterotroph- an organism that must feed on other organisms.
Types of heterotrophs: Carnivore-eats other animals Herbivore-only eats plants
Omnivore-eats both plants and animals Scavenger-eats dead animals
Decomposer-breaks down and absorbs energy from dead organisms.
Matter and Energy Flow Energy flows through organisms in an ecosystem. Energy flow is shown by a food chain Energy flows from autotrophs to the heterotrophs and finally to the decomposers Food chains have between 3 to 5 steps
Energy is lost during each step of the food chain. Each organism in a food chain represents a Trophic Level Several food chains connected together make up a Food Web. Food webs paint a more realistic picture of how energy flows through an ecosystem.
Food Web
Ecological Pyramid-another model used to show how energy flows through an ecosystem. E.P. get smaller as they get taller because there is less energy available for the next trophic level.
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