Food Chains and Webs: Energy Flow
Students will construct food chains and webs to illustrate the flow of energy between producers, consumers, and decomposers in an ecosystem.
Key Questions
- Analyze the role of each trophic level in maintaining ecosystem balance.
- Predict the consequences of removing a key organism from a food web.
- Design a model to represent energy transfer efficiency within a food chain.
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