Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems · Ecology

Nutrient Cycling and Energy Flow

Tracing the path of nitrogen, carbon, and water through biotic and abiotic components of the biosphere.

Key Questions

  1. 1Why is energy lost as it moves up through the trophic levels of a food web?
  2. 2How do decomposers act as the link between life and the inanimate world?
  3. 3What are the long term consequences of disrupting the global nitrogen cycle?

Common Core State Standards

HS-LS2-3HS-LS2-4
Grade: 10th Grade
Subject: Biology
Unit: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
Period: Ecology

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