Discuss the models of energy flow in an ecosystem

• Discuss the models of energy flow in an ecosystem. Energy flow is the movement of energy through an ecosystem, from one organism to another, and ultimately to the environment. There are several models that can help to explain the flow of energy in an ecosystem: The 10% rule: The 10% rule states that only about 10% of the energy that an organism consumes is converted into biomass, while the rest is lost as heat or other forms of energy. This means that only a small fraction of the energy that is produced at one level of an ecosystem is available to the next level. The energy pyramid: An energy pyramid is a graphical representation of the flow of energy through an ecosystem. It shows the amount of energy at each level of the ecosystem, with the primary producers at the base and the top predators at the top. The energy pyramid is typically upright, with each successive level having less energy than the one below it. The food chain: A food chain is a linear series of organisms in which each organism eats the one that comes before it in the chain. Food chains illustrate the flow of energy from one level of an ecosystem to the next, with the primary producers at the base and the top predators at the top. Overall, understanding the flow of energy in an ecosystem is important for understanding the health and balance of the ecosystem and for identifying potential areas of concern. It can also help us to make informed decisions about how to manage and protect the environment • Wha...

• Courses • Summer Skill Up • • • Data Structures and Algorithms • • • • • • • For Working Professionals • • • • • • For Students • • • • • • • • Programming Languages • • • • Web Development • • • • • Machine Learning and Data Science • • • New Courses • • • • School Courses • • • • Tutorials • DSA • • • • • Data Structures • • • • Linked List • • • • • • • Tree • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Algorithms • Analysis of Algorithms • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Searching Algorithms • • • • Sorting Algorithms • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • System Design • System Design Tutorial • • • • • • • • • • • • Software Design Patterns • • • • • • • • • • • Interview Corner • • • • • • • • • • Languages • • • • • • • • • • • • • Web Development • • • • • CSS Frameworks • • • • • • • • • • JavaScript Frameworks • • • • • • JavaScript Libraries • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • School Learning • • • Mathematics • • • • • • • • • CBSE Syllabus • • • • • • Maths Notes (Class 8-12) • • • • • • Maths Formulas (Class 8 -11) • • • • • NCERT Solutions • • • • • • RD Sharma Solutions • • • • • • Science Notes • • • • Physics Notes (Class 8-12) • • • • • • Chemistry Notes (Class 8-12) • • • • • • Biology Notes • • • • • Social Science Syllabus • • • • • Social Science Notes • SS Notes (Class 7-12) • • • • • CBSE History Notes (Class 7-10) • • • • CBSE Geography Notes (Class 7-10) • • • • CBSE Civics Notes (Class 7-10) • • • Commerce • • • • • • • CBSE Previous Year Papers...

Cannibalism focuses on a different sphere of the hunter vs. the hunted. Often times cannibalism happens because either the species is starved or it is a customary response to what the species does (i.e., the female praying mantis eats the male after reproductive actions). All in all, I'd say that cannibalism does not have a factor in evaluating if an organism is an apex predator or not. I do not know whether you can compare them in those manners. There are no 'similarities' or 'differences' they are just two different things going on at once simultaneously and cannot happen without each other. You can only say that the difference is that energy cannot be created or destroyed just changes its form and flows. The energy is flowing while the matter is cycling. So you can say that both create cycles... - [Voiceover] Let's think a little bit how energy flows, and how matter is recycled in an ecosystem. And so the whole time that we go through this video, think about these two ideas. And even after watching this video, look at ecosystems around yourself, even ones that you're a part of and think about how energy flows and how matter's recycled. Let's first think about energy. The energy for most ecosystems originally comes from the Sun. There are other sources of energy, you could think about even moonlight, but that essentially comes from the Sun. But there's also geothermal energy, but the Sun is a source of most energy for most ecosystems we could think of. And how does the e...

Learning Outcomes • Describe how energy flows through ecosystems All living things require energy in one form or another. Energy is required by most complex metabolic pathways (often in the form of adenosine triphosphate, ATP), especially those responsible for building large molecules from smaller compounds, and life itself is an energy-driven process. Living organisms would not be able to assemble macromolecules (proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, and complex carbohydrates) from their monomeric subunits without a constant energy input. It is important to understand how organisms acquire energy and how that energy is passed from one organism to another through food webs and their constituent food chains. Food webs illustrate how energy flows directionally through ecosystems, including how efficiently organisms acquire it, use it, and how much remains for use by other organisms of the food web. How Organisms Acquire Energy in a Food Web Energy is acquired by living things in three ways: photosynthesis, chemosynthesis, and the consumption and digestion of other living or previously living organisms by heterotrophs. Photosynthetic and chemosynthetic organisms are both grouped into a category known as autotrophs: organisms capable of synthesizing their own food (more specifically, capable of using inorganic carbon as a carbon source). Photosynthetic autotrophs (photoautotrophs) use sunlight as an energy source, whereas chemosynthetic autotrophs (chemoautotrophs) use inorganic mo...

[ "article:topic", "authorname:openstax", "biomagnification", "chemoautotroph", "net primary productivity", "assimilation", "biomass", "ecological pyramid", "gross primary productivity", "net consumer productivity", "net production efficiency", "trophic level transfer efficiency", "showtoc:no", "license:ccby", "licenseversion:40", "program:openstax" ] \( \newcommand\) • • • • • • • • Learning Objectives • Describe how organisms acquire energy in a food web and in associated food chains • Explain how the efficiency of energy transfers between trophic levels affects ecosystem structure and dynamics • Discuss trophic levels and how ecological pyramids are used to model them All living things require energy in one form or another. Energy is required by most complex metabolic pathways (often in the form of adenosine triphosphate, ATP), especially those responsible for building large molecules from smaller compounds, and life itself is an energy-driven process. Living organisms would not be able to assemble macromolecules (proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, and complex carbohydrates) from their monomeric subunits without a constant energy input. It is important to understand how organisms acquire energy and how that energy is passed from one organism to another through food webs and their constituent food chains. Food webs illustrate how energy flows directionally through ecosystems, including how efficiently organisms acquire it, use it, and how much remains for use by other org...

The following points highlight the top three models of energy flow in a community. The models are: 1. Single C hannel Energy Flow Model 2 . Y-Shaped/two Channel Energy Flow Model 3. Universal Model. Model # 1. Single C hannel Energy Flow Model: The single or linear channel energy flow model is one of the first published models pioneered by H. T. Odum in 1956. As can be seen in Fig. 4.4, this model depicts a community boundary and, in addition to light and heat flows, it also includes import, export and storage of organic matter. Decomposer organisms are placed in a separate box as a means of partially separating the grazing and detritus food chains. Decomposers are actu­ally a mixed group in terms of energy levels and their importance in this energy flow model is overlooked. This model will suffice as long as only the imports and exports are considered. Model # 2 . Y-Shaped/two Channel Energy Flow Model: In this type of model, the grazing and detritus food chains are shown as sepa­rate flows (Fig. 4.5). ADVERTISEMENTS: (3) The macro consumers and micro consumers differ greatly in size-metabolism relations and in the techniques required for studying them. The grazing and detritus food chains are inter-connected. Moreover, not all food eaten by grazers is actually assimilated, as some (feces containing undigested material) is diver­ted to the detritus pathway. Also, the amount of net production energy that flows down the two pathways varies in different kinds of ecosystems a...