Food Chains and Energy Pyramids by Bibiene Pulles https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec Made by Bibi and Michelle en-us 2017-12-07 08:31:13 UTC 2023-02-10 03:32:51 UTC hello@padlet.com Bibi_fca4 https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214008847 An Energy Pyramid is a model that shows the flow of energy in a trophic, or feeding level to the net in an ecosystem. The different trophic levels represent the different groups of organisms that can compose a food chain. Starting from the bottom, going up-wards they are as follows:

]]> 2017-12-07 08:32:26 UTC https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214008847 Producers Bibi_fca4 https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214015920 Bring energy from nonliving sources into the community

]]> 2017-12-07 09:03:57 UTC https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214015920 Primary consumers Bibi_fca4 https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214015989 Eat the producers, which makes them herbivores in most communities

]]> 2017-12-07 09:04:17 UTC https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214015989 Secondary consumers Bibi_fca4 https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214016039 Eat the primary consumers, which makes them carnivores but they can also be an omnivore

]]> 2017-12-07 09:04:32 UTC https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214016039 Tertiary consumers Bibi_fca4 https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214016078 Eat the secondary consumers which makes them omnivores.

]]> 2017-12-07 09:04:41 UTC https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214016078 Bibi_fca4 https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214016996 Food Chains are a series of organisms which each depend on the next as a source of food. They show how each organism gets food, and how nutrients and energy are passed on from creature to creature. ]]> 2017-12-07 09:08:37 UTC https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214016996 1° Consumers Bibi_fca4 https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214017098 Feed directly on Autotrophs (Herbivores)]]> 2017-12-07 09:08:57 UTC https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214017098 2° Consumers Bibi_fca4 https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214017186
  • 2° Consumers --> feed on 1° consumers (Carnivores/Omnivores)
    • ]]>     2017-12-07 09:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214017186     3° Consumers Bibi_fca4 https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214017206
  • 3° Consumers --> feed on 2° consumers (Carnivores/Omnivores)
    • ]]>     2017-12-07 09:09:22 UTC https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214017206     Etc... Bibi_fca4 https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214017339 2017-12-07 09:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214017339 Herbivore Bibi_fca4 https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214017685 Feeds only on plants]]> 2017-12-07 09:11:14 UTC https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214017685 Carnivore Bibi_fca4 https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214017797 Feed only on meat (flesh)]]> 2017-12-07 09:11:45 UTC https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214017797 Omnivore Bibi_fca4 https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214017846 Feeds on both plants & meat

    ]]>     2017-12-07 09:11:59 UTC https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214017846     Decomposers Bibi_fca4 https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214017913 Organisms that feed on dead organic matter & decompose it]]> 2017-12-07 09:12:13 UTC https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214017913 Detritivores Bibi_fca4 https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214017950 Feed on dead organic matter & digest it internally (they have a gut) 

    The large of dung Beatles
    ]]>     2017-12-07 09:12:22 UTC https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214017950     Saprotrophs Bibi_fca4 https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214017994 Feed on dead organic matter & digest it externally (they don't have a gut), they digest by releasing digestive enzymes onto the dead organic matter & then absorbing the products of the digestion
            
    Bacteria and fungi
    ]]>     2017-12-07 09:12:29 UTC https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214017994     Autotrophs Bibi_fca4 https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214018041 Producers (organisms that are able to produce their own foods)]]> 2017-12-07 09:12:43 UTC https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214018041 Heterotrophs Bibi_fca4 https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214018056 Consumers, organisms that feed on other organisms (living organisms or recently killed organisms)]]> 2017-12-07 09:12:48 UTC https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214018056 Nutrition Bibi_fca4 https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214018849 Obtaining food for energy and the materials needed for growth]]> 2017-12-07 09:16:16 UTC https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214018849 Metabolism Bibi_fca4 https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214019027 All enzyme-catalyzed chemical reactions that take place inside the cells]]> 2017-12-07 09:17:00 UTC https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214019027 Growth Bibi_fca4 https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214019048 Irreversible increase in size]]> 2017-12-07 09:17:03 UTC https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214019048 Response Bibi_fca4 https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214019121 Perceiving and reacting to a change in the environment]]> 2017-12-07 09:17:24 UTC https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214019121 Excretion Bibi_fca4 https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214019132 Getting rid of waste products]]> 2017-12-07 09:17:27 UTC https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214019132 Homeostasis Bibi_fca4 https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214019196 Maintaining a controlled environment]]> 2017-12-07 09:17:44 UTC https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214019196 Reproduction Bibi_fca4 https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214019337 Producing offspring either sexually or asexually]]> 2017-12-07 09:18:13 UTC https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214019337 Bibi_fca4 https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214019801 Only 10% of the energy contained within a trophic level is transferred onto the next level. 90% is "lost"]]> 2017-12-07 09:20:14 UTC https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214019801 Why? Bibi_fca4 https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214019886 2017-12-07 09:20:38 UTC https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214019886 Bibi_fca4 https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214019922 Organisms may die before they can be consumed]]> 2017-12-07 09:20:47 UTC https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214019922 Bibi_fca4 https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214019968 Organisms use a lot of their energy for their own needs (for cell respiration) (for all 7 functions of life)]]> 2017-12-07 09:20:58 UTC https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214019968 Bibi_fca4 https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214020005 Not all parts of an organism are consumed by the other organism that feeds on the other]]> 2017-12-07 09:21:08 UTC https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214020005 Bibi_fca4 https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214020029 Not all parts are digested]]> 2017-12-07 09:21:17 UTC https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214020029 Bibi_fca4 https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214020187 These 4 reasons contribute to the 90% loss of energy from one tropic level to the next]]> 2017-12-07 09:21:48 UTC https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214020187 Bibi_fca4 https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214020246 Organic compounds (Sugars -> Glucose) (C6H12O6) + O2 -------->
    CO2 + H2O + ATP ]]>     2017-12-07 09:22:07 UTC https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214020246     ATP Bibi_fca4 https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214020425 2017-12-07 09:22:57 UTC https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214020425 Bibi_fca4 https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214020433 Used for the 7 functions of life ]]> 2017-12-07 09:22:59 UTC https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214020433 Bibi_fca4 https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214020447 Energy in the form of ATP ]]> 2017-12-07 09:23:04 UTC https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214020447 Bibi_fca4 https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214020464 ATP can be used readily by cells & organisms]]> 2017-12-07 09:23:09 UTC https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214020464 Bibi_fca4 https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214020770 2017-12-07 09:24:40 UTC https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214020770 Bibi_fca4 https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214020840 2017-12-07 09:25:06 UTC https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214020840 Limit Bibi_fca4 https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214114431 2017-12-07 14:13:47 UTC https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214114431 THERE IS A LIMIT IN THE NUMBER OF TROPHIC LEVELS & THE LENGTH OF A FOOD CHAIN Bibi_fca4 https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214114575 2017-12-07 14:14:00 UTC https://padlet.com/Bibi_fca4/slpxeawi0xec/wish/214114575