Transcript Producers

Universe
Galaxies
Solar systems
Biosphere
Planets
Earth
Biosphere
Ecosystems
Ecosystems
Ecology
Communities
Populations
Organisms
Organ systems
Communities
Organs
Tissues
Cells
Populations
Protoplasm
Molecules
Atoms
Subatomic Particles
Organisms
Temperature vs. Biome
Biomes: Temp vs. Precip.
Oxygen
(O2)
Sun
Producer
Carbon dioxide (CO2)
Secondary consumer
Primary
(fox)
consumer
(rabbit)
Precipitation
Falling leaves
and twigs
Producers
Soil decomposers
Water
Scavengers
Longhorned
beetle
holes
Decomposers
Termite
and
Bark beetle Carpenter
carpenter
ant
engraving
galleries ant work Dry rot
fungus
Time
progression
Wood
reduced
to
Mushroom
powder
Powder broken down by decomposers
into plant nutrients in soil
Heat
Abiotic chemicals
(carbon dioxide,
oxygen, nitrogen,
minerals)
Heat
Heat
Producers
(plants)
Decomposers
(bacteria, fungi)
Heat
Consumers
(herbivores,
carnivores)
Heat
Solar
energy
Food
Webs
 Trophic
levels are
more
complicated
in food webs
Net Primary Production (NPP)
 NPP

= GPP – R
Rate at which
producers use
photosynthesis to
store energy minus
the rate at which they
use some of this
energy through
respiration (R).