1. Unit 2: Flow of Energy Compost/Decay

2. Composting Recycling of Matter Stored Energy is Released from dead organism

3. Decomposers Organisms Responsible for: – Recycling the matter(Nutrients) – Releasing the energy

4. Energy Flow Original Energy is from the Sun Plants Store Radiant Energy – Photosynthesis Converts Radiant(Sun) energy into chemical energy

5. Biomass Energy Flow SunPlantGrasshopper (Radiant Energy)(Chemical Energy) (Chemical Energy) Decomposer (Releases Energy)

6. Food Chain Shows how energy is transformed Arrow points in the direction of energy flow – In other words, it points to the organism doing the eating

7. Food Chain Energy Flow Flows from: SunProducer ProducerPrimary consumer (Plants) (Herbivore) Primary consumer Secondary consumer (Carnivore) And so on…….

8. Food Web Shows the complex Relationships of Energy Flow in an Ecosystem More accurate than Food chain Basically, diagrams multiple food chains Contains multiple producers and consumers