Name: cabbage biomass and cabbage-feeding caterpillars
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K12 Standards

Louisiana Student Standards for Science

High School

Environmental Science

ecosystems-interactions-energy-and-dynamics

Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy And Dynamics

HS-LS2-4

Energy Dynamics

<ul><li><a href="#" data-time="8">Kohl Vorwiegen
</a></li><li><a href="#" data-time="60"><em>Pieris rapae</em> Eier ausbrüten
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								<div class="ingredient" data-value="Plastikbecher mit Deckel">Plastikbecher mit Deckel</div>
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									<span class="Menge" Datenwert="10">10</span>
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								<div class="Zutat" data-value="Petrischale">Petrischalen</div>
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									<span class="Menge" Datenwert="10">10</span>
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								<div class="Zutat" data-value="Gerichte/Boote wiegen">Gerichte/Boote wiegen</div>
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									<span class="Menge" Datenwert="20">20</span>
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							</li><li data-lab-item="1">
								<div class="Zutat" data-value="Pinzette">Pinzette</div>
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									<span class="Menge" Datenwert="20">20</span>
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							</li><li data-lab-item="1">
								<div class="ingredient" data-value="Sprühflasche (Destilliertes Wasser)">Sprühflasche (Destilliertes Wasser)</div>
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									<span class="Menge" Datenwert="5">5</span>
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							</li><li data-lab-item="1">
								<div class="ingredient" data-value="Sprühflasche (70% Ethanol)">Sprühflasche (70% Ethanol)</div>
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									<span class="Menge" Datenwert="5">5</span>
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							</li><li data-lab-item="1">
								<div class="Zutat" data-value="Radieschensamen">Radieschensamen</div>
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									<span class="Menge" Datenwert="5">5</span>
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							</li><li data-lab-item="1">
								<div class="Zutat" data-value="Pieris rapae (Eier)">Pieris rapae (Eier)</div>
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									<span class="Menge" Datenwert="-1">-1</span>
									<span class="unit" data-value="Abhängig von der Lab-Größe">Abhängig von der Lab-Größe</span>
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							</li><li data-lab-item="1">
								<div class="Zutat" data-value="Blumenerde ">Blumenerde </div>
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									<span class="Menge" Datenwert="-1">-1</span>
									<span class="unit" data-value="Abhängig von der Lab-Größe">Abhängig von der Lab-Größe</span>
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							</li><li data-lab-item="1">
								<div class="Zutat" data-value="Papierhandtücher">Papierhandtücher</div>
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									<span class="Menge" Datenwert="-1">-1</span>
									<span class="unit" data-value="Abhängig von der Lab-Größe">Abhängig von der Lab-Größe</span>
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							</li><li data-lab-item="1">
								<div class="Zutat" data-value="Waage">Waage</div>
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									<span class="Menge" Datenwert="-1">-1</span>
									<span class="unit" data-value="Abhängig von der Lab-Größe">Abhängig von der Lab-Größe</span>
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								<div class="ingredient" data-value="Inkubator (auf 37°C eingestellt)">Inkubator (auf 37°C eingestellt)</div>
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									<span class="Menge" Datenwert="-1">-1</span>
									<span class="unit" data-value="Abhängig von der Lab-Größe">Abhängig von der Lab-Größe</span>
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energiedynamik

<ol class="note-items"><li data-note-item="1" data-parent-collapse="">Kohl vor dem Wiegen
<button class="expand">Expand</button><ul class="lab-items"><li data-sub-note-item="1-1"><div class="lab-step">Um den prozentualen Anteil der Biomasse eines repräsentativen Kohls vor dem Experiment zu erhalten, verwenden Sie ein Papiertuch, um die inneren Blätter eines Kohls aus dem Supermarkt zu waschen und trocken zu tupfen.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-2"><div class="lab-step">Legen Sie den Kohl in eine vorgewogene Petrischale, um die feuchte Masse des Gemüses zu bestimmen, und geben Sie dann den Kohl und die Schale für 48 Stunden in einen 37 °C heißen Inkubator.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-3"><div class="lab-step">Am Ende der Inkubation den Kohl erneut in der Schale wiegen, um die Trockenmasse des Kohls zu erhalten.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="1-4"><div class="lab-step">Berechnen Sie dann die prozentuale Biomasse des repräsentativen Kohls, indem Sie die endgültige Trockenmasse des Kohls durch die anfängliche nasse Masse des Kohls dividieren. Multiplizieren Sie danach den erhaltenen Wert mit 100.
</div></li></ul></li><li data-note-item="2" data-parent-collapse="">Schlüpfen von <em>Pieris rapae</em> Eiern
<button class="expand">Expand<</button>ul class="lab-items"><li data-sub-note-item="2-1"><div class="lab-step">Um die Schmetterlingseier von <em>Pieris rapae</em> auszubrüten, säen Sie eine Woche vor der Eientnahme Radieschensamen in Töpfe mit frischer Blumenerde.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-2"><div class="lab-step">Stellen Sie die Töpfe an einen sonnigen Platz im Labor und gießen Sie die Erde täglich, bis sie nur noch feucht ist.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-3"><div class="lab-step">Wenn die Eier ankommen, legen Sie die Eierstreifen mit der Eiseite nach unten auf verschiedene Radieschenblätter. Hinweis: Bei indirekter Sonneneinstrahlung oder Innenlicht schlüpfen die Eier in ca. 48 - 72 Stunden.
</div></li><li data-sub-note-item="2-4"><div class="lab-step">Wenn die Raupen ihr viertes Wachstumsstadium erreicht haben, setzen Sie sie für drei Tage auf einen Kohl und achten Sie darauf, die Raupen gelegentlich mit Wasser zu besprühen, um ein Austrocknen zu verhindern.
</div></li></ul></li></ol>

<div class="section-question"><h4 class="question-sect">Was meinen wir mit trophischer Ebene?</h4><p>Jede Wechselwirkung in einer Nahrungskette, bei der Energie von einem konsumierten Organismus auf einen Verbraucherorganismus übertragen wird, wird als trophische Ebene bezeichnet.
</p></div><div class="section-question"><h4 class="question-sect">Was sind Primärproduzenten und -konsumenten?</h4><p>Primärproduzenten sind autotrophe Organismen, die organische Materialien erzeugen. Primärkonsumenten, d. h. Organismen, die ihre organischen Materiali...

Energiedynamik

Kohl vor dem Wiegen
ErweiternUm den prozentualen Anteil der Biomasse eines repräsentativen Kohls vor dem Experiment zu erhalten, waschen und tupfen Sie den Kohl mit einem Papiertuch trocken.

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cabbage biomass and cabbage-feeding caterpillars

<p class="jove_content">Cabbage biomass and cabbage-feeding caterpillars are prepared for a study of plant mass and insect growth. A grocery store cabbage is used as a representative sample. The inner leaves are washed with a paper towel and patted dry before weighing.</p>

<p class="jove_content">To measure percent biomass, the cabbage is placed in a pre-weighed Petri dish on a balance to record its wet mass. The dish and cabbage are then moved to a 37 °C incubator for 48 hours. After incubation, the cabbage is weighed again in the dish to obtain the dry mass. The percent biomass is found by dividing the final dry mass by the initial wet mass and multiplying by 100.</p>

<p class="jove_content">Pieris rapae eggs are hatched for the next part of the study. One week before the eggs arrive, radish seeds are sown in pots with fresh potting soil. The pots are kept in a sunny spot in the lab, and the soil is watered daily until it is just damp. When the egg strips arrive, they are placed egg-side down on different radish leaves.</p>

<p class="jove_content">Under indirect sunlight or indoor light, the eggs hatch in about 48 to 72 hours. When the caterpillars reach their fourth instar, which is a later larval growth stage, they are transferred onto a cabbage for three days. The caterpillars are misted with water from time to time to help prevent drying.</p>

Cabbage Biomass and Cabbage-Feeding Caterpillars

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Caterpillar Biomass Transfer Lab

Caterpillar biomass transfer is measured by comparing cabbage, caterpillars, and frass in a simple trophic system. In this lab, two groups of five caterpillars are kept in separate containers, and one group receives cabbage while the other group does not. The setup shows how much matter and energy move from food into animal biomass.<br /><br />First, enough cabbage leaves are weighed to cover the bottom of a plastic tub. Then, two batches of five caterpillars are collected from their cabbage habitat and...

Cabbage biomass and cabbage-feeding caterpillars are prepared for a study of plant mass and insect growth. A grocery store cabbage is used as a representative sample. The inner leaves are washed with a paper towel and patted dry before weighing.<br /><br />To measure percent biomass, the cabbage is placed in a pre-weighed Petri dish on a balance to record its wet mass. The dish and cabbage are then moved to a 37 °C incubator for 48 hours. After incubation, the cabbage is weighed again in the dish to...

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Measure cabbage biomass by wet and dry mass, then hatch Pieris rapae eggs and raise caterpillars on radish and cabbage in a simple lab setup.

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HS-LS2-6

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New York State Science Learning Standards

Life Science

matter-and-energy-in-organisms-and-ecosystems

Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems

HS-LS2-4.

Georgia Standards of Excellence

9-12

SEC4.

SEC4.c

SB5.b

<p>Der erste Hauptsatz der Thermodynamik, Energie kann nicht erzeugt oder zerstört, sondern nur umgewandelt werden, kann in einem klassischen Nahrungsnetz demonstriert werden. Hier wird die Lichtenergie der Sonne von Pflanzen zunächst als Strahlungsenergie nutzbar gemacht und dann in chemische Energie umgewandelt, die als komplexe Kohlenhydrate gespeichert wird. Ein Teil der Vegetation wird schließlich von Tieren verzehrt. Bei der Aufspaltung der Zucker wird die Energie entweder in Form von Wärme freigesetzt, in Makromolekülen als chemische Energiereserven gespeichert, um sie später zu nutzen, oder an einen Räuber weitergegeben. Jede dieser Stufen in der Lebensmittelkette wird als trophische Ebene bezeichnet. Pflanzen sind die Produzenten. Das Eichhörnchen wäre der Hauptkonsument und der Raubfuchs der Sekundärkonsument. Die organische Substanz, die von der trophischen Ebene auf die nächste übertragen wird, wird als Biomasse bezeichnet - normalerweise gemessen in Energieeinheiten, Kalorien oder Kilokalorien.</p>
<p>Der Transfer von Biomasse verläuft jedoch nicht linear. Nachdem Primärproduzenten Energie aus der Sonne erhalten und Nahrungsmittel hergestellt haben, wird durch die Zellatmung ein kleiner Teil in unnutzbare Wärmeenergie umgewandelt, die zusammen mit Kohlendioxid an die Umwelt abgegeben wird. Die gesamte nutzbare Lichtenergie wird als Bruttoprimärproduktivität oder GPP bezeichnet. Wenn Sie die durch die Atmung verlorene Energie von der GPP abziehen, ergibt sich die Nettoprimärproduktivität (NPP), d. h. die Energierate, mit der Biomasse gespeichert wird. Ähnlich verhält es sich mit den Primärverbrauchern, die chemische Energie aus Pflanzen gewinnen, aber sie setzen auch eine kleine Menge Wärmeenergie zusammen mit Kohlendioxid während des Stoffwechsels frei. Und nur ein Teil der verbrauchten Biomasse wird in ihr Gewebe zurückgeführt. Auf der Ebene der Raubtiere steht schließlich nur ein Bruchteil der ursprünglichen Energie der Sonne zur Verfügung. Daher ist die vom Erzeuger auf den Primärverbraucher übertragene Biomasse nicht gleich der vom Erzeuger auf den Sekundärverbraucher übertragenen Biomasse. Diese Veränderungen der Biomasse auf jeder Ebene einer Nahrungskette geben Aufschluss über die Produktivität eines bestimmten Ökosystems als Ganzes.</p>
<p>In diesem Labor untersuchen Sie diese Prinzipien der Energiedynamik und -produktivität, indem Sie den Transfer von Biomasse und Energie von einem Produzenten, dem Kohl, zu einem Hauptverbraucher, dem Kohlwurm, messen.</p>

food chain energy flow and biomass

<p class="jove_content">Food chain energy flow shows how energy moves through ecosystems from one organism to the next. Energy cannot be created or destroyed, so it can only change form or be passed along to another organism. When a cow grazes on grass or an osprey eats fish, energy moves to the consumer. Each transfer is part of a trophic level, and these links help explain how ecosystems stay balanced.</p>

<p class="jove_content">Primary producers sit at the base of the food chain. They are autotrophs, or self-feeding organisms, because they make organic molecules from inorganic material. Examples include photosynthetic plants and chemosynthetic bacteria. These organisms capture energy from sunlight or from gases at hydrothermal vents, then store that energy in organic molecules. Consumers are heterotrophs, which means they cannot make their own organic material and must get it from other organisms.</p>

<p class="jove_content">The food chain continues with primary consumers, secondary consumers, and tertiary consumers. Primary consumers get energy from autotrophs. Secondary consumers feed on primary consumers, and tertiary consumers feed on secondary consumers. The amount of energy captured by primary producers sets the size of the community, because all later trophic levels depend on that stored energy.</p>

<p class="jove_content">Organic material stored in an organism is called biomass, and water is not included when biomass is measured. To find biomass, the water weight is subtracted from the total weight of the organism. Only a fraction of biomass usually moves to the next trophic level. As a result, the biomass pattern in a food chain forms a pyramid, with the largest amount at the bottom and less at the top. This loss happens because much of the energy is released as metabolic heat.</p>

<p class="jove_content">Respiration helps explain why less biomass reaches higher trophic levels. Respiration is an exothermic reaction that breaks down nutrients to capture energy in adenosine triphosphate, or ATP. ATP powers cell work, including the synthesis and transfer of structures and proteins. At the same time, respiration produces waste products and heat. Because of this, upper-level organisms end up with less biomass than the organisms they eat.</p>

<p class="jove_content">Ecosystem productivity is linked to changes in biomass. Productivity is the rate at which organisms gain biomass from received energy. Primary productivity refers to producers, while secondary productivity refers to other organisms. Gross primary productivity is the rate of photosynthesis or chemosynthesis. Net primary productivity is the energy stored as biomass after energy lost through metabolism and daily activity is removed. This helps show how different organisms allocate the biomass resources they receive.</p>

<p class="jove_content">Energy flow also helps explain human impacts on ecosystems. If primary producers are removed, consumers that depend on them must find another food source. If they cannot, secondary extinctions can follow. This matters because human-induced changes are already causing major shifts in ecosystems around the world, and understanding energy dynamics can help reduce harm and protect threatened food chains.</p>

<p class="jove_content">Human health can also be affected by energy flow through bioaccumulation and biomagnification of mercury in aquatic food chains. Bioaccumulation begins when organisms at the bottom of the food chain absorb mercury. Biomagnification happens when mercury moves to consumers and its concentration increases at each trophic level. Large fish higher in the food chain may then contain high mercury levels, which is why health professionals advise limiting consumption of certain fish species.</p>

<p class="jove_content">Not all ecosystem problems come from losing producers. Removing a keystone predator can also unbalance a system. In one experiment, ochre sea stars were removed from a rock, and the mussels they ate increased too much. That overgrowth used up resources and free space. The sea stars normally kept the mussel population in check and helped diversity thrive, showing how energy stored as biomass can shape the balance of an ecosystem.</p>

Food Chain Energy Flow and Biomass

Die Nahrungskette
Energie ist einer der wichtigsten abiotischen Faktoren in einem Ökosystem und Organismen in einem Ökosystem sind durch den Fluss von Energie und Energie verbunden.

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Hybrid Zones

Hybrid zones are narrow regions where two closely related species interact, mate, and produce hybrids. Relative to either parent species, hybrids may ...

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The History of Life on Earth
Fossils of organisms that were different from anything alive today had been documented as early as the 17th century, but it ...

Diversity and Extinction during the Paleogene Epoch
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Diversity and Extinction during the Paleogene Epoch
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Ecosystems with a greater biodiversity tend to have a greater resistance and resilience to change.

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