Producers and Consumers 5 Module 2 #5 rlenry | Qamer All energy on the earth comes from two places. Can you name the two sources described below? 1) Su 4 - This source releases an estimated 384.6 yotta watts (3.846% 1026 watts) of energy in the form of light and other forms of radiation. We are able to survive on Earth because the energy is spread over the area of a sphere with a radius of approximately 93,000,000 miles. ‘At the upper reaches of our atmosphere, the energy density of solar radiation is about 1,368 W/m2 (watts per square meter). At the Earth's surface, the energy density is reduced to approximately 1,000 W/m2 for a surface perpendicular to the Sun's rays at sea level on a clear day. The energy that falls at no one ‘on Texas alone is 301 times the total output of all power plants on the earth today. 2) ( é 1 xe - This eneray source comes from under the ground. The heat in molt&n rock has a lot of energy, but it is the high energy chemicals like hydrogen sulfide (H,S) that organisms use for chemosynthesis. This energy source Is used only where there is no sunlight so it is found in deep ocean vents or under the mud in tidal marshes. Producers are organisms that use these energy sources to make their own food. Also called CWotropl is Consumers are organisms that can’t make their own food. Alsocatied hytevo vegas, What am I? Identify the organisms below as a ca decomposer, or dettitivor. ore, herbivore, seavbager, omnivgre, 5 cauevoee A) Tam an animal that eats the dead bodies of other animals that mostly I didn’t kill myself. I often have high immunities to disease. Examples are vultures and hyenas. 4 2COW)6 23) | feed by giving off chemicals that break down organic matter, Then I absorb the nutrients I need. I break apart dead and decaying plants and animals into detritus. Examples include bacteria and fungus. Caxnidocg ©) I kill and cat other animals. [have to expend a lot of energy to hunt and kill other animals that are trying to get away, but the high energy meal is worth it! Examples include cats, lions, and cheetahs OlMniver€ D) I can cat a bunch of different kinds of foods including both plants and animals. Examples are pigs, bears, and raccoons. web; vore_F) I get my energy and nutrients exclusively from plants. I often eat only a specific part of a plant ora kind of plant. Examples include horses, some insects, and elephants. ekvel!varF) I eat decomposers like bacteria and fungi as well as the small parts of broken down plants and animals. I grind up this material to make and aerate soil. Examples are earth worms, crabs, shrimp, and soil mites. What type of consumer are you? () ww’, vores