Flow of energy Flashcards
Why is a Pyramid shape used to represent energy and biomass?
Because it represents the idea that as you move up the pyramid, the number of organisms and energy, the organisms obtained decrease
How does energy flow through each level of an energy pyramid
As an organism is consumed ten percent of the energy moves to the consumer
How do auto troughts acquire energy
By making their own energy
How do Heterotrouphs acquire energy
By consuming other organisms
If only ten percent of energy is transferred from one tropic level to the next, where Does the other 90% go?
It is released as heat and metabolic process.
What are the 4 types of heteroteophs, and what do they consume?
Carnivores meet
herbivores plants
Omnivores plants and meat.
Detritivores Dead organic material.
