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    1. Food chains and food webs model the flow of energy and matter in an ecosystem. A food chain represents how organisms transfer energy by eating each other, with producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers, and tertiary consumers at different trophic levels. 2. Decomposers like bacteria and fungi break down waste and dead organisms, recycling nutrients back into the ecosystem. This prevents the accumulation of dead remains. 3. A food web shows the interconnected food chains in an ecosystem and better represents the complex energy and nutrient transfers between organisms than a simple linear food chain.

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    1. Food chains and food webs model the flow of energy and matter in an ecosystem. A food chain represents how organisms transfer energy by eating each other, with producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers, and tertiary consumers at different trophic levels. 2. Decomposers like bacteria and fungi break down waste and dead organisms, recycling nutrients back into the ecosystem. This prevents the accumulation of dead remains. 3. A food web shows the interconnected food chains in an ecosystem and better represents the complex energy and nutrient transfers between organisms than a simple linear food chain.

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    1. Food chains and food webs model the flow of energy and matter in an ecosystem. A food chain represents how organisms transfer energy by eating each other, with producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers, and tertiary consumers at different trophic levels. 2. Decomposers like bacteria and fungi break down waste and dead organisms, recycling nutrients back into the ecosystem. This prevents the accumulation of dead remains. 3. A food web shows the interconnected food chains in an ecosystem and better represents the complex energy and nutrient transfers between organisms than a simple linear food chain.

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    FoodChains

    Theflowofmatter

    andFoodWebs
    andenergy

    :
    inecosystems

    1.
    YoujustfinishedresearchinganorganismthatlivesnearNathansonsCreeknear
    ourschool.Recallthatan
    organism
    isanothernamefora__________________.

    2.
    Whileresearchingthisorganism,youlearnedaboutitsenergyroleintheecosystem,
    andmadeafoodchainplacingyourorganismatits
    trophiclevel
    .

    Trophic
    isaGreekwordmeaning________.
    The
    trophiclevel
    ofanorganismisitspositioninits_______________.
    Dependingonwhatiteats,anorganismcanbeatmorethanonetrophiclevel,
    orsomewhereinbetween.

    3.
    A
    FoodChain
    isamodelofhoworganisms

    ________________.

    4.
    Anotherwaytothinkabout
    trophiclevels
    istothinkofthe
    energyrole
    thatan
    organismoccupiesinan_______________.

    5.
    Organismsmayoccupyoneofmanyenergyrolesdependingonwhattheyeat.Can
    youthinkofanexample?___________________________

    A
    producer,
    suchasa_____________

    getsitsenergyfrom___________.

    A
    primaryconsumer
    ,alsocalledan_____________,getsitsenergyby
    _____________.

    A
    secondaryconsumer
    ,alsoknownasa_______________,
    getsitsenergyby_________________.

    Animals,likebears,raccoons,andhumans,thateatboth
    producers
    and
    other
    consumers
    arecalled_________________.

    6.
    But,whathappenswhentheseorganismsdontgeteatenbeforetheydie?Whyisnt
    theworldpiledhighwiththecorpses(bodies)ofdeadanimalsandplants?
    ____________________________________________________________________
    ____________________________________________________________________

    PuttingtheCycleintothe
    NutrientCycle

    A______________,suchasa
    TurkeyVulture
    ,isaspecialtypeofconsumer.
    Iteats
    carrion
    (thefleshofdeadanimals)togetitsenergy,helpingtoremove
    deadanimalsfromtheenvironment.

    Anythingthatdoesntgeteaten,decaysordecomposes,withthehelpof
    organismscalled_______________.Bacteriaandfungibreakdown
    organicmatterinto
    abioticnutrients
    ,suchas________________which
    thenreenterthefoodwebasnutrientsforproducers.

    7.
    Nowthinkaboutthefoodchainyoumade.Doesthisprovideacompletepictureof
    theflowofmatterandenergyinanecosystem?Whydoyouthinkafoodchainistoo
    simpleofamodelofhowanorganismgetsfood,orprovidesfoodtootherorganisms?

    8
    .A
    ____________
    isamodelthatshowstheflowofmatterandenergywithinan
    ecosystem.Itismadeofinterconnected
    FoodChains
    .

    Whatistheenergyinfood,anyhow?
    FoodEnergy!
    9
    .Alllivingthingsaremadeof
    ____________________
    connectedtootheratoms

    by____________________.

    10.FoodEnergy
    isatypeof___________
    energy
    ,whichholdstogethertheatomsin
    themoleculesofthefoodweeat
    .
    Thisistheformenergytakesasittravelsbetween
    theorganismsthatmakeupa
    foodchain.
    Whenwegetenergyfromthefoodweeat,
    wearereleasingandusingtheenergytrappedinthechemicalbondsofourfood.

    11.
    Asurprisinglysmallamount(10%)oftheenergyinfoodtransfers
    betweenthedifferenttrophiclevelsofafoodchain.Whathappenstothe
    restoftheenergy?

    ______________________________________________________________________

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