Why only 10% of energy is transferred to the next trophic level
Food Web
90%
Energy Transformation
Energy Pyramid
Primary Consumer
Food Chain
Solar Energy
Secondary Consumer
Producers
Thermal Energy
Trophic Levels
Tertiary Consumer
Energy Transfer
Chemical Energy
10%
When energy changes from one type of energy to another (different) type of energy
When energy moves from one organism (object) to another organism (object).
The amount of energy passed when one organism eats another in the next trophic level.
Type of energy lost to the environment in a food chain
A group of overlapping food chains connected together in an ecosystem (complex).
A good way to show how energy moves from one feeding level to another in a food chain.
A possible start to the food chain and are in the first trophic level of an energy pyramid
Eats herbivores to get energy and is in the second trophic level of the energy pyramid.
Amount of energy lost to the environment as heat OR used by the organism to stay alive
Different feeding positions in a food chain or web.
Eats producers to get energy and is in the first trophic level of the energy pyramid.
Energy is lost due to the organism using energy for living, unusable heat loss, and waste
Eats other carnivores or omnivores to get energy and is in the third energy level of the trophic level.
Type/form of energy each organism in a food chain is AND the form of energy passes along from one organism to another.
Original source of energy for a food chain
series of steps in an ecosystem in which organisms transfer energy AND transfer matter by eating and being eaten