The Emergence Machine

Energy Flow

abstract · Ecology · Level 1 · E9

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Emergence definition

Transfer of energy through ecosystems from sunlight through producers to consumers via food chains and webs.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “energy flow” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “energy flow”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
energy flow
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL1L0Energy FlowEnergyPatternE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesEcology SciL4MicrobiomeL4Exotic SpeciesL8Energy FlowL1EnergyL0PatternL0E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Energy L0 (requires)
    Remediation: break cycle
  • Pattern L0 (requires)
    Understanding pattern helps understand the energy concept of energy-flow

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