10% Rute and 1 an and Ayr Pee Montini Activity Questions Energy pyramids represent the amount of eneriy available to eneh ophic level (producers and consumer 1. Give a reasonable explanation as to why the enery is represented hy a pyramid shape newt by energy crange at differen trophic teveis . wore Pyramid A C Every in prodocers than pyramian Co r6u ress Gago Corsewer, econdarsy el Barts surface « 32,500,000 xo! 2. What could be assumed about the amount of producers in Pyramids A and B based on the amount of sunlight hitting the Earth in each pyramid? “Vance enocey. in the Son than in the Prachucos , Gnol_the more _Son. avaiace the wore cadres ct & Fame At KAS more produces Fran ee ea tciie cumin edaacias 3. In the table below, calculate the percentage of energy that is transferred from one level of the pyramid to another for alll the I _ Pyramid A Pyramid B % of energy transferred from sunlight to producers =2,800,000/32,500,0003. =1,000,000/12,500,000%100 | =Prod,/Sun x 100 Gsin2%> 5.017) a 450, E 130,000 % of energy transferred from producers to primary eee xICo = 16. OR joce ICO = 13€ consumers Sqcoo, a % of energy t from primary to secondary PE Koa .E _——_—. consumers €Sec. Cons/Prim. Cons. x [450,000 2506 % of energy transferred -condary to tertiary xoo=5& consumers Tert, Cons/Sec. Cons. x 10 50,000 oor +B OZ tN N ASE | Average energy transferred 10.28 4. Describe the energy transfer among the organisms in the pyramid. Use percentage data to support your ne a. You may have noticed the averages of energy transferred to each level are around 10%. We call this the 10% Rule. In Pyramid B, assume a lion has consumed a young elephant, How many Kilocalories could be passed using this rule?S'=~sss~_- rT Background: In Kruger National Park and in Gorongosa National Park, there are actions between different organisms. These organisms have different dicts and different predators that rely on them for food. These interactions can be organized into food chains or food webs. Food chains and food webs are used to represert the amount of energy (Calories or kcalories) moving in an ecosystem. How much of this ‘energy is transferred to the next trophic level, and where docs the rest of the eneray 20? Purpose: Determine how energy is used in an organism, andthe amount of energy transferred between trophic levels 1. The teacher will assign each of you a role. You will sit in the assigned area for your role. 2. Read the roles of each player in this activity so you understand what everyone is doing ROLE What they do in the activity 2 What it represents —_ | Sun * This group starts with 10,000 energy beans in a bucket Photosynthesis ‘* Place 10 beans into a Ziploc bag and pass to a plant + Repeat this process throughout the whole activity Plant/ + Each plant needs to keep a tally of data: How many bags they get from the Life processes of a Producers sun. producer ~ What is the * Place beans in bag from sun into cups according to the labels on the cups. ‘© Once the growth cup has 10 beans. Bag the beans in the GROWTH cup for zebras to come grab. + Return any empty bags to the sun. Add beans left in your other cups to the container “to the Energy Recycling Bucket”. Start again as a new plant. energy from photosynthesis used for. List below: Unused Solar Energy, | Cellular Respiration, Photosynthesis, Growth, Reproduction, Zebra/ | Each zebra needs to keep a tally of data: How many bags they get from the | Life processes of an plant, herbivore ~ what is the ‘Primary | © Get a bag of 10 beans from a plant. energy obtained from Consumers | Follow the labels on your cups to distribute the beans into cups, cating plants used for © Go back and get more beans from the plant in groups of 10 and divide them | List below into your cups until your GROWTH cup has 10 beans Cellular Respiration, + Bag the growth beans up and go to the hunting grounds. Try to avoid getting | Growth, Reproduction, eaten! Once you have been “eaten” by a lion give them your bag of growth | Digestion, Movement. beans: * Go back to your area and pour the beans fro container “to the Energy Recycling Bucket”, repeat the process until the end of the activity © While waiting for beans, read the cups of plants and lions to complete the column to the right. Lion/ * Each lion needs to keep a tally of data: How many bags they get from the Life processes of a Carnivores | zebra. | carnivore ~ What is the your other cups into the art again as a new zebra and / ‘Remember Lions like to rest 90% of the time. While you are waiting for energy obtained from Secondary, zebras to appear in the hunting grounds, walk around and read what each cup | cating meat used for. ‘Consumer in each group represents. Watch the process and try to answer the questions | List bel Cellular Respiration, ‘on the back side of the page. You may be sharing this, so take good notes © As soon as a zebra appears in the hunting ground ~ “eat” him by tapping their | Reproduction, shoulder and taking their beans. Remember the hunting strategies we talked _ | Digestion, Growth, Movement about and what we saw in the Battle of the Kruger video. '* Follow the labels on your cups to divide out the pebbles. Repeat when another zebra appears until the end of the activity—hiens Reguire wore Emery = if there wos the Same a Gmount ef lions as Zebres there wouldnt ee enough Class Discussion Questions: Record Answers for futurereferenee Energy LePe for (vs were the growth beans the ONLY beans that could be transferred to the next trophic level? corse Rare an) Cemainia ES, EK. eproducnoe S 3 0 ( 6.) What percent of the energy was left in the other plant cups?__ QQ LO tears ta grown cap a. What was it used for? Give 2 examples. * ProrosyAWeSiS (Colmes com bene” + Celluiax Respiration. 3 @anten why populations of top carnivores, such as lions, are always smaller than the populations of herbiver ‘grasshoppers or omnivores like warthogs. Sean oer ce leucls (mere abundance) ralbility decreases at €aclh Levels So +t is kss @ ay, for hiqner trepihic Ceuds, Homework Pi level of the 8. Inthe pyramid C below place the organisms shown in the food chain below in the proper troph pyramid to the right Ty eR PHAGE | 9 In the table below, calculate the percentage of energy that is transferred from one level of Pyramid C to —allthe levels. [Sof energy transferred from sunlight to producers =Prod./Sun x 100 Pyramid € ‘Cons/Prod. x 100 % of energy transferred from producers to primary consumers =P % of energy transferred from primary to secondary consumers = Sec. Cons/Prim. Cons. x 100 °% of energy transferred from secondary to tertiary consumers = Tert. Cons/Sec. Cons. x 100 my 2 “Average energy transferred | 10. In. which pyramid does the lion get the highest percentage of energy (pyramid A or Pyramid C)? 11. Explain why there is a difference in the percentage of energy. Use data to support your answer. information in the questions above to complete a CER answering the following question: What happens to energy that is mot passed on to the next trophic level?at ® ge nbpatad. see sbeaewiagye tus easly etippal ns vn iis aus tn bas lst MR |} ed al QOUDPIAT,