AMAZON FOOD CHAIN

• The exit ticket from Friday was a food chain in the Amazon Estuary, what is

true about the pink dolphins eating shrimp in that order.

👍 10% is lost to the surroundings through metabolism

🦈90% is transferred to the next trophic level

🛸10% is transferred to the next trophic level

🧉 100% is transferred to the next trophic level

10% RULE ENERGY PYRAMID

•The ten percent rule of energy transfer states

that each level in an ecosystem only gives 10% of
its energy to the levels above it. This law explains
much of the structural dynamics of ecosystems
including why there are more organisms at the
bottom of the ecosystem pyramid compared to
the top. To understand this further, let's look at
the structure of an ecosystem pyramid.

DYNAMICS OF AN
ECOSYSTEM (FOOD
WEBS)

• What is the term to

the missing piece
of the food web?
•What happens if
the missing piece
really was
missing?

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2 question challenge

DID YOU MENTION

• The food web would fall apart because producers

make the energy available to the ecosystem.

• Hot Question: what would happen if the
primary consumer would I
disappear

READY FOR THE POWER OF

8

• The next slide is going to have eight knowledge

tasks that will empower you to destroy the
mighty Mid-term Monster this week.

•Ready?

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CHALLENGE ACCEPTED

10 points

5 points

Know the difference between carnivore and
herbivore

What are the green house gases?

How does biodiversity effect humans?

What helps plants absorb nitrogen?

Where does the nitrogen come from before plants
use it?

What is an abiotic factor?

What content would make up an ecosystem?

Know the levels of organization.

What is the 10% rule

What the difference between keystone species
and endangered species

Know the importance of wetlands

Know the difference between

What is the effect of El Nino

Where does El Nino effect?

STUDY GUIDE

• Make sure it is submitted for a grade

• Assessment too

• SLC

Jamboard follow along

El Nino what areas are effected by it? Which way does the tradewinds travel?

JAMBOARD EXIT TICKET