Energy Transfer
The flow of energy through living systems can be modeled as food chains, food webs, or energy pyramids. The energy organisms need to live and grow first enters the ecosystem when what occurs?
Plants absorb sunlight
What is the difference between the biotic and abiotic factors?
Biotic is living things
Abiotic is nonliving
What is the name of energy the sun gives off?
Radiant or Nuclear
Describe how energy is transferred in a food web?
Energy passes from producers to one or more consumers
What is a example of a ABIOTIC factor?
Any nonliving things
What kind of energy is movement?
Mechanical
Organisms that are responsible for taking in the light energy to make their own food are known as
Producer
What is a example of BIOTIC factors?
Any living thing
What kind of energy do you measure when you're baking a cake?
Thermal
Noah has collected a mold specimen found on a tree in his backyard. Noah knows the mold is a decomposer, but what role does mold play in a food web?
Breaks down organic material into simpler parts
Lizards and cacti are BIOTIC factors in a desert ecosystem. Which ABIOTIC factors to they depend on?
Temperature, air, sunlight, water
What kind of energy is released with glucose?
Chemical
What do the arrows represent in a food chain and web?
Energy transfer
What is an example of an ABIOTIC factor in a pond environment?
Water, air, temperature
What kind of energy exists between two magnets?
Magnetic