

Flow of Energy
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Biology, Science
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10th - 12th Grade
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Felix Esparza
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21 Slides • 7 Questions
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Flow of Energy and Matter

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Warm Up: using the power point from yesterday, specifically slides 5 & 6
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Open Ended
Explain the differences in how freshwater fish and saltwater fish are able to maintain regulate the amount of salt in their bodies.
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Checking for understanding.
Where does all of the energy in an ecosystem originate?
Which of these choices is the original source of energy that humans receive from consuming an herbivore such as a cow?
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Multiple Choice
Where does all of the energy in an ecosystem originate?
The plants
The water
The animals
The sun
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Multiple Choice
Which of these choices is the original source of energy that humans receive from consuming an herbivore such as a cow?
The glucose we make from eating the cow
The sun
The nutrients the grass absorbs and makes itself
The proteins and fatty acids in the cow
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Checking for understanding
What happens to energy as it moves up the food pyramid, from producers up to tertiary consumers?
All of the given answer options represent organisms that could coexist in an ocean ecosystem. In this hypothetical ecosystem, which organism will receive the least amount of energy in the food web?
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Multiple Choice
What happens to energy as it moves up the food pyramid, from producers up to tertiary consumers?
It varies depending on the food pyramid
Energy is lost as heat
Food pyramids do not involve energy
It increases
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Multiple Choice
All of the given answer options represent organisms that could coexist in an ocean ecosystem. In this hypothetical ecosystem, which organism will receive the least amount of energy in the food web?
Great white shark
Marlin
Green algae
Tuna
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Almost Done!
From where do autotrophs obtain their carbon, nutrients, and minerals?
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Multiple Choice
From where do autotrophs obtain their carbon, nutrients, and minerals?
From the inorganic environment
From human activity and byproducts
From the sun
From heterotrophs
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Open Ended
Exit ticket: Explain WHY the top predators in a food web receive the least amount of energy from the animals they eat.
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