SCIE 1P50 Lecture Notes - Decomposer, Thermodynamics, Radiant Energy

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First law of thermodynamics: energy cannot be created or destroyed, energy can be changed from one form to another. Second law of thermodynamics: when energy is changed from one form to another, some is degraded into heat, heat is a less usable form of energy. Measure of disorder: decrease entropy: requires work=energy input. Turn things back into its basic forms. Feed on other thing: herbivores (primary consumers) Decomposers: break down dead organisms and waste products. Energy flow: energy passes from one organism to the next, trophic level: each step in this flow of energy. Interconnected food chains: energy flow through a food chain. Energy flow: the solar energy assimilated by plants is called their gross primary production (gpp) 3: subtract this gpp the fraction that the plant uses for inself (respiration) what"s left is called net primary production (npp, npp gives us a rough yards tick to compare the productivity of different types of ecosystems.

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