Energy Flow and Food

10/22/2013
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Food Labels Lab (click if you need a copy)

Today, you will evaluate the organic molecule content of food items. I am providing you with information, on marshmallows and peanuts.

You will then need to find nutritional information for three more items of your choice and fill in the information on the table.

You will answer the questions, then we will calculate how much land is needed to produce the calories in one of your food items.

Food Labels continued:

1.       To which major ecological biome does Dallas belong?

 

2.      Calculate the amount of land needed in Dallas to produce the calories in one of your food items. Remember 1 Calorie = 1 kilocalorie, also recall that only 10% of the primary productivity is passed up the food chain to primary consumers.