energy transfer
Law of Conservation of Energy: Also known as The First Law of Thermodynamics, states that energy can neither be created or destroyed, but it can change.
The Second Law of Thermodynamics: There will be less energy available when energy is transferred.
Producers: (autotrophs) Organisms that take the sun's energy and coveting it to food, using photosynthesis.
Consumers: They eat other organisms because they cannot make food for themselves.
Decomposers: Like consumers, they cannot make their own food, so they break down wastes and dead organisms.
Food Chains: A simplified diagram that shows how energy is transferred between tropic levels.
Food Webs: A complicated model that shows energy transfer in an entire ecosystem.
The Second Law of Thermodynamics: There will be less energy available when energy is transferred.
Producers: (autotrophs) Organisms that take the sun's energy and coveting it to food, using photosynthesis.
Consumers: They eat other organisms because they cannot make food for themselves.
Decomposers: Like consumers, they cannot make their own food, so they break down wastes and dead organisms.
Food Chains: A simplified diagram that shows how energy is transferred between tropic levels.
Food Webs: A complicated model that shows energy transfer in an entire ecosystem.