1. 13.3 Energy in Ecosystems MA 6.3 A food web identifies producers, consumers, and decomposers, and explains the transfer of energy through trophic levels. Relationships among organisms add to the complexity of biological communities.

2. *two page notebook format*  Do Now:  1) What do you do that requires energy ?  2) Where do you get the energy you need to live, thrive, survive?  3) Where do all living things get the energy they need?  Thursday, Oct 30, 2014  Topic: Ecology  Objectives:  Describe the role of producers in an ecosystem.  Connect the roles of producers and consumers to vocabulary words autotrophs and heterotrohps.  Page 27  Page 28

3. Producers and Consumers pg 382 Role Also known as..Examples

4. Where do producers get energy? Pg 383  Contrast: How do photosynthesis and chemosynthesis differ?  13.3 Formative Assessment answer questions 1-4 pg 383