Sunlight Glucose

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Energy Transfer Sun Producers Primary Consumers Secondary Consumers Tertiary Consumers Decomposers *Only 10% of the energy in one level is converted to biomass at the next level. The rest of the energy (90%) is lost as heat/waste.

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with O2 ATP without O2

C6H12O6 C3H6O3 +2 ATP C6H12O6 C2H6O +2 ATP

C6H12O6 C3H6O3 +2 ATP C6H12O6 C2H6O +2 ATP

C6H12O6 O2 CO2 H20 ATP C6H12O6 + 6O2 6CO2 + 6H20 +36 ATP

with O2 without O2

In one minute a working muscle cell uses 10,000,000 ATP molecules. That is the cell's entire supply, so ADP must be recycled into ATP. Produce 125lbs of ATP per day. Blue Whale makes 5 tons/day. Even resting in bed, you use 20 kg of ATP every 24 hours!

with O2 ATP without O2

Energy-requiring processes Glucose O 2 ADP + P Energy-requiring processes Respiration ATP H O CO 2 2

Lactic acid fermentation Glucose C 6 Glycolysis 2 pyruvic acid C 3 Alcohol fermentation Lactic acid fermentation Acetic acid C 2 Results in much more ATP formation CO 2 Krebs cycle CO 2 e ½ O 2 ADP + P Electron transport system 2 H O ATP