Unit 6 - Investigating Flow of Energy

the position that an organism occupies in a food chain, food web, or energy pyramid

• Trophic level

• Decomoposer

• secondary consumer

• tertiary consumer

• Decomposition

An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms to obtain energy

• Trophic level

• Decomoposer

• secondary consumer

• tertiary consumer

An organism that eats primary consumers

• Trophic level

• Decomoposer

• secondary consumer

• tertiary consumer

• Decomposition

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a carnivore at the topmost level in a food chain that feeds on other carnivores;

• Trophic level

• Decomoposer

• secondary consumer

• tertiary consumer

• Decomposition

the process by which decomposers break down dead material and waste into simpler substances

• Decomposition

• Energy pyramid

• glucose

• photosyntesis

• chemical energy

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a sugar molecule; product of photosynthesis

• Decomposition

• Energy pyramid

• glucose

• photosyntesis

• chemical energy

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diagram that demonstrates the flow of energy through a food chain

• Decomposition

• Energy pyramid

• glucose

• photosyntesis

• chemical energy

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potential energy stored in chemical bonds

• Decomposition

• Energy pyramid

• glucose

• photosyntesis

• chemical energy

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process by which producers / plants use the energy in sunlight to create their own food

• Decomposition

• Energy pyramid

• glucose

• photosyntesis

• chemical energy

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A series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten

• Food chain

• food web

• Autotroph

• Radiant Energy

• consumer

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