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Ecology Help….be the first to answer…and i'll rank you #1?
August 27th, 2010 | 
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(words:decomposers, community, food web, food chain, sun, producers, pyramid of energy)
18. energy source
19.water lilies to snails to ducks
20.represedted by a drawing of the lake and its inhabitants
21. food chains with many interconnecting link
22.carnivore populations possess less energy that producer population
23. return matter to the community
24. traps energy from the sun
Posted in Green Q&A | 
Tags: community food, drawing, ducks, energy from the sun, energy source, food chains, food web, inhabitants, interconnecting, population, populations, producers, snails, traps, water lilies, web food chain | 
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How did the cycling of solar energy through the biosphere begin?
Photosynthesis and cellular respiration are the same chemical reactions headed in opposite directions. Photosynthesis takes carbon dioxide and water and produces carbohydrates and oxygen. Cellular respiration takes carbohydrates and oxygen and produces carbon dioxide and water. Respiration is the exothermic reaction. Photosynthesis requires the input of energy from the sun in order to proceed. In the economy of ecology, why are both reactions necessary? How did the cycling of solar energy through the biosphere begin? How can it be best maintained today?
–Please help me understand this alittle better.