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Energy is described by a pyramid diagram (the ecological pyramid). There are 4 layers in the pyramid. The bottom layer is producers. They produce all the energy that goes up the pyramid. The second layer is the primary consumers, or herbivores, who eat the producers. Next, there is the secondary consumer layer, the organisms in it eat other consumers. Finally, there are tertiary consumers eat secondary and primary consumers.
Note: as you go up the pyramid, the original energy from the level below it is reduced to 10% of the original energy from the level below it. The primary consumers get 10% of the energy the producers made, and so on, so the secondary consumers get 1% of the original energy, and the tertiary get 0.1% if the energy!
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_pyramid for a picture of the ecological pyramid.
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∙ 12y agoMatter is recycled in an ecosystem and energy is recycled in an ecosystem. Also, I am not so sure but I think that the supple of matter is an ecosystem is limited.
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∙ 11y agoMatter is cycled through ecosystems, energy is not.
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∙ 8y agoBoth energy and matter are completely recycled.
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How is the movement if matter through the biosphere different from the flow of energy?
Unlike the one way flow of energy, matter is recycled within and between ecosystems.
What is the ultimate source of energy for ecosystems?
The sun is the ultimate source of energy for almost all earth ecosystems.
What is one major difference between how matter moves through an ecosystem and how energy moves through an ecosystem?
Unlike the one way flow of energy, matter is recycled within and between ecosystems.
What is the main source of energy for most ecosystems?
The main source of energy is usually considered to be the energy absorbed from the sun (E.G., used in photosynthesis).
Differences of the carbon and energy in ecosystems?
Carbon is carbon and energy is energy.
How is the movement of matter through the biosphere difference from the flow of energy?
Unlike the one way flow of energy, matter is recycled within and between ecosystems.
How does the way that matter flows through an ecosystem different from the way that energy flows?
Unlike the one way flow of energy, matter is recycled within and between ecosystems.
How matter and energy move through an ecosystem?
Energy and matter (mass) move through ecosystems from the bottom of the pyramid to the top. The bottom contains most of the matter and therefore the most energy. About 10% is passed to the second level. About 10% of that 10% is passed to the third level. Most ecosystems have three levels as there is not enough energy for a fourth level. Except in tropical rainforest they are fourth levels but no where else.
How is the movement if matter through the biosphere different from the flow of energy?
Unlike the one way flow of energy, matter is recycled within and between ecosystems.
How does energy and matter move through an ecosystem?
It gets converted into energy.
What is the ultimate source of energy for ecosystems?
The sun is the ultimate source of energy for almost all earth ecosystems.
What is one major difference between how matter moves through an ecosystem and how energy moves through an ecosystem?
Unlike the one way flow of energy, matter is recycled within and between ecosystems.
Why do you have ecosystems?
We have ecosystems to live. Ecosystems give us energy,oxygen and many other things. Earth is the only planet which have ecosystems.
What is the main source of energy for most ecosystems?
The main source of energy is usually considered to be the energy absorbed from the sun (E.G., used in photosynthesis).
Differences of the carbon and energy in ecosystems?
Carbon is carbon and energy is energy.
What is the ulitamte resource of energy for ecosystems?
Solar energy - radiation from the Sun.
What is the major source of energy in most ecosystems?
Solar energy.
