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    1. An ecosystem is a community of living organisms interacting with each other and their non-living environments, such as a woodland. Energy flows through ecosystems via a constant input from the sun and is transferred between organisms through a food chain or food web. 2. A food chain follows the transfer of energy from one organism to the next through a feeding relationship. It starts with a producer like grass and ends when energy is lost from the system. A food web shows all the interconnected food chains in a habitat. 3. Producers like plants make their own food via photosynthesis. Primary consumers eat producers, secondary consumers eat primary consumers, and tertiary consumers eat other consumers. Each represents a trophic

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    1. An ecosystem is a community of living organisms interacting with each other and their non-living environments, such as a woodland. Energy flows through ecosystems via a constant input from the sun and is transferred between organisms through a food chain or food web. 2. A food chain follows the transfer of energy from one organism to the next through a feeding relationship. It starts with a producer like grass and ends when energy is lost from the system. A food web shows all the interconnected food chains in a habitat. 3. Producers like plants make their own food via photosynthesis. Primary consumers eat producers, secondary consumers eat primary consumers, and tertiary consumers eat other consumers. Each represents a trophic

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    1. An ecosystem is a community of living organisms interacting with each other and their non-living environments, such as a woodland. Energy flows through ecosystems via a constant input from the sun and is transferred between organisms through a food chain or food web. 2. A food chain follows the transfer of energy from one organism to the next through a feeding relationship. It starts with a producer like grass and ends when energy is lost from the system. A food web shows all the interconnected food chains in a habitat. 3. Producers like plants make their own food via photosynthesis. Primary consumers eat producers, secondary consumers eat primary consumers, and tertiary consumers eat other consumers. Each represents a trophic

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    1.4.6 Energy Flow Worksheet

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    1. An ecosystem is a community of living organisms interacting with each other and their non-living environments, such as a woodland. Energy flows through ecosystems via a constant input from the sun and is transferred between organisms through a food chain or food web. 2. A food chain follows the transfer of energy from one organism to the next through a feeding relationship. It starts with a producer like grass and ends when energy is lost from the system. A food web shows all the interconnected food chains in a habitat. 3. Producers like plants make their own food via photosynthesis. Primary consumers eat producers, secondary consumers eat primary consumers, and tertiary consumers eat other consumers. Each represents a trophic

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    The key takeaways are that ecosystems rely on a constant flow of energy from the sun and that this energy is transferred between organisms through feeding relationships in food chains and food webs.

    Energy flows through an ecosystem by the sun providing energy that is captured by producers like plants through photosynthesis. This energy is then transferred to primary consumers when they eat the producers, and further transferred between consumers as each organism eats the next in the food chain.

    There are three main types of food chains: grazing food chains which begin with a herbivore, detritus food chains which begin with decomposers breaking down dead organic matter, and food webs which show all the interconnected food chains in a habitat.

    Name: ______________________________

    1.4.6 Energy Flow Worksheet


    What is an ecosystem?
    An ecosystem is a _________________________________________ with ___________________
    and their __________________________ within _____________________, e.g. woodland, etc.

    Energy Flow
    Ecosystems are unable to function unless there is a constant ________________________________
    _____________________.
    Where does this energy come from? __________________

    The Sun
    The sun is the _________________________________________________ for our planet.

    Energy Flow
    is the _________________________________________________ from one organism to the next
    in an ecosystem due to ________________, e.g. along a food chain

    Feeding allows _____________________________________________________ in an ecosystem.

    Energy flow in the ecosystem

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    Name: ______________________________

    Food Chain
    Is a flow diagram that begins with a _______________ and shows how _____________________
    is passed through a series of ______________________________________.
    Each organism feeds on the one before it.

    A food chain ends when there is _____________________________________________________.

    An example of a food chain:


    __________ ____________ ______

    A Grazing food chain


    is one where the __________________________________ e.g.

    ________________ grasshoppers frogs hawks

    ________________ aphids ladybirds thrushes

    ________________ winkles crabs herring gulls

    ________________ zooplankton copepod herring

    Grazing Food Chains

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    Name: ______________________________

    A Detritus food chain


    is one where the chain begins with ________________________________________________ e.g.

    ___________________ edible crab seagull

    ___________________ earthworms blackbirds hawks

    Detritus Food Chain

    Food Web
    This is a chart showing all the _______________________________________________________.

    Constructed by showing the links between all the interconnecting food chains in the habitat.

    Food Web
    the interconnected food chains in an ecosystem e.g.

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    Name: ______________________________

    A woodland food web

    Construct two food chains (4 links) from the above food web

    Another food web

    What is the longest food chain you can construct from this food web?

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    Name: ______________________________

    Producers
    Producers are organisms capable of making ___________________________________________,
    e.g. green plants.

    Primary producers are the _________________________________________________________

    Consumers
    Consumers are organisms that __________________________________________. They cannot
    _____________________________________. There are three types:

    Primary consumers feed on ______________________

    Secondary consumers feed on ______________________

    Tertiary consumers feed on ______________________

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    Name: ______________________________

    Woodland food chain


    Honeysuckle aphids ladybirds thrushes

    Primary Secondary Tertiary


    Producer consumer consumer consumer

    Trophic Level
    This refers to the __________________________________ in a food chain.
    __________________ are at the 1st trophic level (T1) and
    __________________ occupy the 2nd trophic level (T2).
    __________________ that eat herbivores are at the 3rd trophic level (T3).
    The 4th trophic level (T4) is often occupied by the __________________________.

    Trophic levels

    Pyramid of Numbers
    A diagram that represents the ________________________________ at each _________________
    in _________________________.
    Bottom layer is the ________________ and represents a very large number of _________________
    The next layer ________________ and represents a smaller number of _______________________
    The next layer the number of ________________________
    The uppermost layer where there may be only one __________________________________

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    Name: ______________________________

    Pyramid of Numbers

    To construct a pyramid of numbers


    1. Count the ______________________ and place them at the _________________________
    2. Count each _________________ and include them according to their status
    (______________ or _________________ consumer) in the pyramid
    3. The _________________________________ should include tertiary or top carnivores
    4. Draw the pyramid so that the _____________________ of each level __________________
    to the ______________________________________

    Need to know
    Name the sun as the primary source of energy.
    Name feeding as the pathway of energy flow.
    Present a grazing food chain.
    Present a food web.
    Construct a pyramid of numbers and explain its use.

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