1.9, 1.10 trophic levels and the 10 percent rule

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Each times energy is transferred some of it is lost as ____

Heat

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10 percent rule

Only about 10% of the energy at one trophic level is transferred to the next trophic level. The other 90 percent is used by organism or lost as heat.

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Tertiary Consumers

Animals that eat, secondary consumers and carnivores and omnivores (apex predator)

<p>Animals that eat, secondary consumers and carnivores and omnivores (apex predator)</p>
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Secondary Consumers

usually carnivores or omnivores → eat primary consumers.


<p>usually <strong>carnivores or omnivores</strong> → eat primary consumers.</p><p></p>
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Primary Consumer

Animals that eat plants (herbivores)

<p>Animals that eat plants (herbivores)</p>
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Producers (plants)

Producers are organisms that make their own food, usually through photosynthesis.

<p><span><strong>Producers</strong> are organisms that <strong>make their own food</strong>, usually through <strong>photosynthesis</strong>.</span></p>
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First Law of Thermodynamics

Energy is never created or destroyed

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2nd Law of Thermodynamics

Each time energy is transferred, some of it is lost as heat