Name: Orion Lewis

Chapter 2 Section 2 Outline

I. Energy in an Ecosystem
A. Autotrophs
Is an org the collects energy from sunlight to make food
At the foundation of an ecosystem
B. Heterotrophs
An org that gets energy from consuming another org
Herbivore
Carnivore
Omnivore
Detritvore eats fragments of dead matter
II. Models of Energy Flow
Food chains and food webs monitor the energy flow
Each step in a food chain or food web is called atrophic level
Organisms from each level get there energy from atrophic level from below it
A. Food Chains
Shows one path
B. Food Webs
Shows many paths in the circle
C. Ecological Pyramids
Diagram that shows the amount of energy or number of org in each trophic level
Bio makes is mass of living matter at each trophic level