Day 5-
Today Rachel and I looked specifically at energy pyramids with organisms from the tropical rainforest. On the bottom are the producers. These are your exotic fruits and plants such as ferns. They get their food and energy from the sun by doing photosynthesis. The second level are your primary consumers. These are animals such as insects. The third level are your secondary consumers. These are animals such as parrots and sloths. The very top of the pyramid are your tertiary consumers. These are animals such as tigers and big cats.

The very bottom of the energy pyramid has 1,000 kcal of energy. As you go up you loose 10% of energy each time. By the time you get to the tertiary consumers you have lost 90% of the energy that you started with.