Sunlight to muscle: how energy flows through life
Process map by Brian. 10 steps, 1 layer. Tags: science, biology, combined.
- The Sun: Sunlight arrives
- Plants: A plant turns it into sugar
- Plants: Stores the sugar as starch and fat
- Animals: Something eats the plant
- You: Do you eat the plant, or the animal that ate it?
- You: You eat the plant, getting the most energy
- You: Your cells burn the food
- You: Muscles move, your brain thinks, heat escapes
- The Sun: The sun refills the system tomorrow
- You: You eat the animal, a smaller share of the original energy