Identifying Food Chains and Food Webs

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What is the source of energy for all ecosystems?

the Sun

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Autotroph

producers; utilize inorganic compounds (including CO2) to self-feed themselves

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Heterotroph

consumers; obtain organic molecules by ingesting other organisms

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What are always the units of energy in a food pyramid?

KJm-2yr-1

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Why does each level get smaller? Explain in terms of energy flow

Because energy is also lost as heat; energy flows at 13% efficiency from previous trophic level