Ecology and Interdependence · Ecology

Energy Flow in Ecosystems

Mapping the movement of energy through food webs and the role of decomposers.

Key Questions

  1. 1What happens to an ecosystem when a top predator is removed?
  2. 2How does energy loss at each level of a food chain limit the number of organisms?
  3. 3Why are decomposers considered the recyclers of the natural world?

NCCA Curriculum Specifications

NCCA: Primary - Environmental Awareness and CareNCCA: Junior Cycle - Biological World
Class/Year: 6th Year
Subject: The Living World: Foundations of Biology
Unit: Ecology and Interdependence
Period: Ecology

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