Carbon Cycle, Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration
Grass are the producers of the Bald Eagle's ecosystem. Grass take light energy from the sun and create glucose, which grass uses to make energy and survive. This process of making glucose is called photosynthesis (6co2 + 6h20 + Light Energy = c6h12o6 + 6o2). Primary consumers eat the grass and gain the energy from the producers. So, the grasshopper eats the grass. The concept continues and the secondary consumers eat the primary consumers. The frog eats the grasshopper. The tertiary consumers eat the secondary consumers. This is how energy is transferred throughout the levels. The carbon cycle is the circulation and transformation of carbon back and forth between living things and the environment. The carbon cycles comes in because of carbon dioxide that is incorporated in photosynthesis. The carbon dioxide from photosynthesis releases to the atmosphere. Cellular respiration (c6h12o6 + 6o2 = 6co2 + 6h20 + Energy) is the ability of an organism to release energy. Producers release energy stored in the chemical bonds of glucose after they go through photosynthesis.
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