ENV200H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Hydrogen Sulfide, Biocoenosis, Kinetic Energy

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Ex: rock rolling downhill, wind blowing through trees: potential energy is stored energy available for use. Ex: rock at top of hill, water stored behind a dam: chemical energy is a type of potential energy that can be found in food and gasoline, the basics: Heat is the process of transferring energy between objects of varying temperatures. Second law: energy is decreased upon successful energy transfers: entropy, or disorder, increases in all complex natural. Primary producers: energy captured by green plants systems: use of sunlight, air, and water is involved in creating carbohydrates as well as other compounds. Chemosynthesis: extraction of energy from inorganic compounds such as hydrogen sulfide. Most organisms on earth depend on photosynthesis. Photosynthesis happens within chloroplasts, a series of small organelles. Chlorophyll is a green molecule that is an important part of the process. Ecologists look at interactions at the species, population, biotic community, or ecosystem level. Most consumers have multiple food sources in an ecosystem.

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