ECOSYSTEMS ENERGY
Losystems sum ofall organisms living in a given area and the abioticfactorsthey
interactwith
Bioticfactors living onceliving components of an environment
Abioticfactors nonliving physiial and chemical properties oftheenvironment
vetGainofEnergy results in energystorage growth of an organism
etlossof Energy resultsinloss ofmass andeventual deathof an organism
MetabolicRatetotal amountofenergy an animal usesin aunitof time
energy from metabolism to maintainbodytemperature
indotherms usethermal
ctotherms use external sourcestoregulatebodytemperature
rophicLevels eachof severalhierarchicallevels inan ecosystem
structure determined byfeedingrelationships
anychanges in availability ofenergycandisruptecosystems
increaseenergy increase trophiclevel size samefordecrease
change in producerlevelcanattect size ofremainingtrophiclevels
rimaryProducers autotrophs produceenergy
leterotrophsrelyon autotrophsbecause theycannotmaketheir ownfood
Primary Consumers herbivores
secondaryconsumers carnivorsthat eatherbivores
Tertiaryconsumers carnivoresthat eatothercarnivores
Decomposers
getenergyfrom detritus
rimaryProduction amount of lightenergythatis converted tochemical energy
of emailFine.in diii Moitial primary production
etprimaryProduction NPP GPP energyused
byprimaryproduction
secondaryProduction amountofchemicalenergy in a consumer'sfoodthatis converted
onewbiomass 10 efficiency
watercycle essential forall life
Carbon
cycle essential forlife requiredfor formation oforganic compounds
VitrogenCycleimportant for formation ofaminoacids proteins andnuclei acids
hosphorousCycle important for formation ofnuclei acidsphospholipids and ATP
Losystems sum ofall organisms living in a given area and the abioticfactorsthey
interactwith
Bioticfactors living onceliving components of an environment
Abioticfactors nonliving physiial and chemical properties oftheenvironment
vetGainofEnergy results in energystorage growth of an organism
etlossof Energy resultsinloss ofmass andeventual deathof an organism
MetabolicRatetotal amountofenergy an animal usesin aunitof time
energy from metabolism to maintainbodytemperature
indotherms usethermal
ctotherms use external sourcestoregulatebodytemperature
rophicLevels eachof severalhierarchicallevels inan ecosystem
structure determined byfeedingrelationships
anychanges in availability ofenergycandisruptecosystems
increaseenergy increase trophiclevel size samefordecrease
change in producerlevelcanattect size ofremainingtrophiclevels
rimaryProducers autotrophs produceenergy
leterotrophsrelyon autotrophsbecause theycannotmaketheir ownfood
Primary Consumers herbivores
secondaryconsumers carnivorsthat eatherbivores
Tertiaryconsumers carnivoresthat eatothercarnivores
Decomposers
getenergyfrom detritus
rimaryProduction amount of lightenergythatis converted tochemical energy
of emailFine.in diii Moitial primary production
etprimaryProduction NPP GPP energyused
byprimaryproduction
secondaryProduction amountofchemicalenergy in a consumer'sfoodthatis converted
onewbiomass 10 efficiency
watercycle essential forall life
Carbon
cycle essential forlife requiredfor formation oforganic compounds
VitrogenCycleimportant for formation ofaminoacids proteins andnuclei acids
hosphorousCycle important for formation ofnuclei acidsphospholipids and ATP
