https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri Made with serendipity(?) en-us 2016-11-09 15:51:51 UTC 2025-08-08 01:42:11 UTC hello@padlet.com jk20055 https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136443153 Producers are organisms that (in any food chain) obtain energy from the sun, or other abiotic factor, and produce their own energy, for the primary consumer. This includes things such as plants who photosynthesis to get their energy, and chemosynthetic bacteria, that preform a similar process with things like .]]> 2016-11-09 15:52:26 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136443153 jk20055 https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136446017 There are 3 different levels of consumers; Primary (Bark beetle), Secondary (Wood pecker(bird)), and Tertiary (foxes). The difference between a producer, and a consumer, is that the consumer can't produce its, own energy. It gets said energy from lower levels of the ecological pyramid (explained later which can include other organisms, or detritus (debris). ]]> 2016-11-09 15:59:05 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136446017 jk20055 https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136447355 Decomposers are organisms (such as earth worms, and fungi) that break down dead, and decaying matter (such as detritus, or dead animals), to produce energy for themselves. Decomposers can be eaten by other creatures, (such as the earthworm being eaten by a robin) and their (the decomposers) energy is cycled back into the ecosystem.]]> 2016-11-09 16:02:26 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136447355 jk20055 https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136455073 2016-11-09 16:18:34 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136455073 jk20055 https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136455409 The ecological pyramid is a model that is used to show the amount of biomass (explained later) or energy that flows through the levels of consumers. ]]> 2016-11-09 16:19:21 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136455409 jk20055 https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136458425 Photosynthesis is something that plants do to obtain their own energy from the sun. They do so by taking in carbon dioxide, and water, and producing sugar (that they use for energy) and oxygen (that is released for other organisms).]]> 2016-11-09 16:24:51 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136458425 jk20055 https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136459376 2016-11-09 16:26:38 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136459376 jk20055 https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136771211 2016-11-10 15:45:41 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136771211 jk20055 https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136772300 2016-11-10 15:48:12 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136772300 jk20055 https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136776790 2016-11-10 15:59:14 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136776790 jk20055 https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136776882 2016-11-10 15:59:28 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136776882 jk20055 https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136777041 2016-11-10 15:59:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136777041 jk20055 https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136778849 2016-11-10 16:04:00 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136778849 jk20055 https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136778922 2016-11-10 16:04:09 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136778922 jk20055 https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136782046 A food chain is a chart or graphic that is designed to show the flow of the energy in an ecosystem, such as the wood pecker receiving energy from the beetle, or the fox receiving energy from the woodpecker]]> 2016-11-10 16:11:48 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136782046 jk20055 https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136784007 A food web has a similar purpose to a food chain. Except in most cases, it better represents the hierarchy, because it shows that the creature isn't necsarily always a tertiary, or secondary consumer, it could fit in multiple places.]]> 2016-11-10 16:16:32 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136784007 jk20055 https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136787807 2016-11-10 16:25:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136787807 jk20055 https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136788083 2016-11-10 16:26:28 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136788083 jk20055 https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136920482 As energy flows through the ecosystem/levels of the ecological pyramid, and gets to a new level, energy is lost. Where does it go? According to the first law of energy conservation, energy can't be created nor destroyed. ]]> 2016-11-11 01:44:27 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136920482 jk20055 https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136920997 However, It can be transferred from one form to another. So the energy that the creature gets from the plant, isn't the same amount of energy that the plant got from the sun. The organism used some of the energy to respirate (on a cellular level) to produce ATP, (that the cell then uses) carbon dioxide, water (both are rid of through other means than egested) and heat (because the cell . ]]> 2016-11-11 01:51:16 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136920997 jk20055 https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136923654 Another use for energy is growth for the organism itself, the organism needs energy to grow, because it converts that energy into biomass. Biomass is the raw mass (weight) of the creature itself. A creature will rid itself of the excess energy, because the excess isn't that useful, (at the time) so it is "let go of" in the form of egested waste.]]> 2016-11-11 02:28:30 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136923654 jk20055 https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136924517 So, a hair-dryer uses electrical energy, and converts it to heat energy, not all of this is turned to heat, other wise it would burn your scalp, so some of the unused energy is converted to sound energy, which is not needed for this type of home tool, just like the (soon to be) egested waste, is not needed by the organism and is let go of, even though it is still energy.]]> 2016-11-11 02:43:37 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136924517 jk20055 https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136925737 2016-11-11 03:01:43 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136925737 jk20055 https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136925837 2016-11-11 03:02:38 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136925837 jk20055 https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136925871 2016-11-11 03:03:04 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136925871 jk20055 https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136927985 2016-11-11 03:34:52 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136927985 jk20055 https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136927996 The nutrient cycle involves many parts, and each one plays its own part in keeping the ecosystem alive. Egested waste fuels the growth of plants, by fertilizing the soil, plants provide the energy for animals, and the animals defecate and leave egested waste for the growing of new plants.]]> 2016-11-11 03:35:05 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136927996 jk20055 https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136928218 2016-11-11 03:39:13 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136928218 jk20055 https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136931377 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxkzUMI_LZPLa3k5WW5rOGM3ZE0/view]]> 2016-11-11 04:47:12 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/136931377 jk20055 https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/137040255 2016-11-11 16:14:08 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/137040255 jk20055 https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/137040666 An organism (especially higher up in the food web) must be efficient in their energy handling. By this I mean they have to able to manage the little "net energy" that they are receiving, efficiency is determined by the amount of energy taken out, and the amount they actually use, rather than waste etc]]> 2016-11-11 16:15:52 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/137040666 jk20055 https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/137040943 2016-11-11 16:17:12 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/137040943 jk20055 https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/137046003 2016-11-11 16:36:52 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/137046003 jk20055 https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/137046141 2016-11-11 16:37:26 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/137046141 jk20055 https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/137046784 2016-11-11 16:40:16 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/137046784 jk20055 https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/137047038 2016-11-11 16:41:25 UTC https://padlet.com/lisle202/4nv9mkcwouri/wish/137047038