4.6

4.6 Understand the transfer of substances and of energy along a food chain

ü  Chemical energy takes the form of organic molecules: Carbohydrates, Proteins & Lipids.

ü  The same CHON molecules are food for all animals in the food chain.

ü  C – C, C – O, C – H, O – H, C – N all represent energy (in the bonds) used for growth and respiration.

ü  CHON are the substances / matter.