Notes: 1  When s is a string or Unicode string object the in and not in operations act like a substring test. In Python versions before 2.3, x had to be a string of length 1. 2  Values of n less than 0 are treated as 0 (which yields an empty sequence of the same type as s).
A food web describes the flow of energy and nutrients through an ecosystem, while a food chain is a linear path through a food web. Distinguish between food chains and food webs as models of energy flow in ecosystems. Organisms can be organized into trophic levels: primary producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer, and tertiary or higher-order consumer.
In this unit, students will explore the flow of energy through the organisms in ecosystems, using the food chain, food web, and energy pyramid models. Students will investigate limiting factors on population size. Students compare energy flow with cycles of matter in ecosystems. Students will: