TLS Online TPP Program

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Ecosystem - A geographic area where plants, animals, and other organisms, as well as weather and landscape, work together to form a bubble of life.

TLS Online TPP Program

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Four basic processes

a. Energy flow 

b. Mineral cycle 

c. Water cycle 

d. Community dynamics

TLS Online TPP Program

#Id: 5930

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Food chain - linear energy flow, with each organism feeding on and deriving energy from the preceding organism. Grazing , Detritus and Parasitic Line thickness indicates the relative amount of energy flowing along a particular link.

TLS Online TPP Program

#Id: 5931

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Food web- consists of all the food chains in a single ecosystem

TLS Online TPP Program

#Id: 5932

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

In connectedness webs all the known links are drawn and equal importance is attached to each link

TLS Online TPP Program

#Id: 5933

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Energy web emphasizing the links that process the most energy.  Line thickness indicates the relative amount of energy flowing along a particular link.