Previously in science class, we started to learn about how energy passes through a community. First, the sun gives heat energy to the producers. Then the producers give off heat because it it working hard to process the heat energy. After that, the producers die and when the consumers eat them, the nutrient and heat energy from the producers goes directly to the consumers. They also give off heat because their body is working hard to process. From this point, the consumers would die. When the decomposer decomposes the heat and nutrient energy form the consumers, they give off heat from working to hard also. At this point in the food chain, there is no more heat energy. This happened because as each organism eats another, it takes away some of the energy. Therefore, the decomposers give the nutrient energy to an inorganic nutrient pool, then from there back to the producers and the chain starts again. There could also be a scenario that instead of the producer giving both of it's energy types straight to the decomposers. Then to the inorganic nutrient pool to the producers. It is very important that you know that for each time an organism gives it's energy to another, it loses some of it's energy during the process. Have you ever wondered why when you feel sick your mom fells your head. Well, when you work to hard to break down what you have eaten, you give off heat that you can feel pretty well from your forehead. (all of this information is at a courtesy of my science teacher.)
