Energy for the Reef Machine
Name: _____________________________
Period: _____ Due Date: _______________
Directions - Revisit your previous diagram of a food web:
 Check to see that you included the roles of each organism
o Energy Source
o Producer
o Consumer (herbivore, carnivore, omnivore)
o Decomposer
 Label where photosynthesis and respiration take place on your diagram
 Explain how energy moves through your food web
o How much is used by each organism and how much is passed on when an organism is
eaten?
o Where does the energy eventually go?
o Why are photosynthesis and respiration important?
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 Challenge: Compare the roles of photosynthesis and respiration, how are they similar, how are
they different?
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Benchmark SC.7.3.1 Explain how energy moves through food webs, including the roles of photosynthesis
and cellular respiration
Advanced
Compare the roles of
photosynthesis and cellular
respiration in the cycling of
energy through food webs
Proficient
Explain how energy moves
through food webs,
including the roles of
photosynthesis and cellular
respiration
Partially Proficient
Describe how energy
moves through food
webs
Novice
Recognize that
energy moves
through food webs