part 2 - food chains and webs: if an ecosystem is to be self-sustaining it must contain a flow of...
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Part 2 - Food Chains and Webs:Part 2 - Food Chains and Webs:
• If an ecosystem is to be self-sustaining it must contain a flow of energy.
• Those life activities that are characteristic of living organisms require an expenditure of energy.
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• The pathways of energy through the living components of an ecosystem are represented by food chains and food webs.
• Producers convert the radiant energy of the sun into the chemical energy of food.
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A. Food chain: involves the transfer of energy from green plants through a series of organisms with repeated stages of eating and being eaten
B. Food web: In a natural community, the flow of energy and materials is much more complicated than illustrated by any one food chain.
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• Since practically all organisms may be consumed by more than one species, many interactions occur along the food chains of any community.
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Food Web Interactions:Food Web Interactions:
1. Producers: (plants) -- the energy of the community is derived from the organic compounds in plants
- (grass in the web above)
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2. Primary Consumer: (always a herbivore)
- feeds on plants (mice, grasshoppers, and rabbits in the web above)
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3. Secondary Consumer: (always a carnivore) -- feeds upon other consumers (frogs, sparrows, snakes, and foxes above) (The hawk is a secondary or 3rd level consumer depending on the availability of
food.)
Omnivores may be primary or secondary consumers.
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4. Decomposers: break down organic wastes and dead organisms to simpler substances (ex. bacteria of decay)
** Through decomposition, chemical substances are returned to the environment where they can be used by other living organisms.
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Energy Flow:Energy Flow:
• Energy flows through ecosystems in one direction, typically from the Sun, through photosynthetic organisms, including green plants and algae, through herbivores, to carnivores, and finally decomposers.
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• There is a decrease in the overall energy in each level as you move up the food web.
• This means that there is much more energy in the producer level in a food web than at the consumer levels.
• Also, this means that there is more energy at the primary consumer level than at the secondary consumer level.