Energy Input and Output on Earth

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• What is energy input and output on earth?
• How does energy flow through an ecosystem?
• What is the difference between a chemoautotroph, heterotroph, and an autotroph?
• How does matter and energy cycle through ecosystems?
• How does the amount of available energy change from one level of an energy pyramid to the next level up?
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• When energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next, about 90% of the energy is lost. If plants produce 1,000 kcal of energy, how much of the energy is passed to the next trophic level?
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