Topical Rain Forest
Nia Mobley Ecology Project
Tropical Rain Forest
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Tropical Rain Forest Food Web
Producers: Banana Trees
Primary Consumers: Monkeys
Tertiary Consumers: Jaguar
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Energy Pyramid with Food Web Species
Light energy from the sun is converted to chemical energy by plants. The herbivores are then consumed by secondary consumers, secondary consumers are then consumed by tertiary consumers. When the tertiary consumers die, they are broken down by decomposers. The remains of the tertiary consumer are used as nutrients in the soil which are used to repeat the cycle. Photosynthesis uses 100% of the light energy available from the sun of that, the herbivore, or primary consumer, consumes 10% of the original light energy. The secondary consumer receives 1% of the original sunlight energy. Lastly, the tertiary consumer receives approximately 0.1% of the light energy from the sun.
Tropical Rain Forest: Carbon Cycle
The basis of the carbon cycle of the tropical rainforest lies in its large variety of plants, specifically, plants during photosynthesis absorb carbon dioxide from the surrounding atmosphere. This carbon is used in the process known as photosynthesis, in the case of the tropical rainforest; plants are a major component of the biome. When a plant respires, dies, or burns the carbon within the plants is released back into the environment. The carbon is absorbed by the bodies of animals when they eat the remains of the plant, the carbon from this process is transferred from the producers to primary consumers such as the monkey, and then to secondary consumers such as iguanas, then on to tertiary consumers such as the jaguar. The carbon from this process is released by animal respiration and when the tertiary predator dies. Once the carbon is released, the cycle repeats and carbon in the air is absorbed by photosynthesizing plant life
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