ENERGY CYCLE Flashcards
1
Q
- The ultimate source of energy (for most
ecosystems) is the sun. - The ultimate fate of energy in ecosystems is for
it to be lost as heat. - Energy and nutrients are passed from organism
to an organism through the food chain is another. - Decomposers remove the last energy from the
remains of an organism. - Inorganic nutrients are cycled, energy is not.
- Flow of energy in an ecosystem is unidirectional
A
Energy Cycle
2
Q
- the sequence of who eats whom in a biological
community (an ecosystem) to obtain nutrition. - it shows how each living thing gets food, and how nutrients
and energy are passed from creature to creature.
A
Food Chain