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Does all the energy in the primary consumer get passed on to the secondery consumer?
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∙ 13y ago
No because the secondary consumer can't eat all the pray so the rest rots or is eaten by differant bugs, birds or animals.
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What fraction of food energy can be passed on to another consumer?
Only 10% of food energy is passed on to another comsumer.
What level in the food chain has the highest energy?
The level in a food web with the highest amount of total available energy is the producer. The producer is a photosynthetic organism that can harness the energy from light that generally comes from the sun. As the energy is passed from trophic level to trophic level, only about 10-20% of the energy is passed on, while the rest is lost as heat. For instance, if a producer had a total energy amount of 60 kj/m2yr, then the primary consumer would only be able to gain 6-12 kj/m2yr.
How much energy is transfered between consumers and producers?
Only about 10% of the energy from the producer is passed on to the consumer.
What happens to the amount of energy available as you move up the food web from producer to tertiary consumer?
It will decrease. The amount of energy that a producer makes will be used to maintain the needs of the primary consumer. That reduced amount will be used by the secondary consumer for their needs (growth and reproduction). That really leaves very little to be passed on. That is the reason why the numbers get smaller and smaller as you go up the food chain. There just isn't enough energy for many in the third level.
As you move upward from level to level in a energy pyramid energy?
um.....the 4 main levels are producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer, and teritiary consumer. The energy gets smaller as you move from each level to the animal that consumes it. For example, plankton can have 1000 energy bits, but when it moves up to trout, only 100 energy bits move on to the trout. When the heron eats the trout, the heron only gets 10 energy bits passed onto its body from the trout. Remember to finish your question next time. I hope that i have answered your needs.As always,iLuvScienceBcuzItIzCool
Why is energy lost at each level of an energy pyramid?
10% 1% Energy from sun(100%)---->Producer--->Primary consumer-->Secondary consumer (90%) 9% 0.9%
How many pounds of phytoplankton are required to produce 1 pound of anchovy?
10 pounds. Only 10% of energy is passed on each tier of the food chain. You need ten units of producers to feed one unit of primary consumer.
What happens to the expenses involed in complying with government regulations?
passed on to the consumer
Which level in the food web contains the highest amount of total available energy?
The level in a food web with the highest amount of total available energy is the producer. The producer is a photosynthetic organism that can harness the energy from light that generally comes from the sun. As the energy is passed from trophic level to trophic level, only about 10-20% of the energy is passed on, while the rest is lost as heat. For instance, if a producer had a total energy amount of 60 kj/m2yr, then the primary consumer would only be able to gain 6-12 kj/m2yr.
Where does thr sun's energy go after the consumer dies?
If it is eaten it goes to there but if it just dies then it decomposes into the ground and the energy gets passed on to a plant which another animal eats later on
Do electric companies charge extra for green energy?
Electric companies will charge more for green energy. Green energy is more expensive for the company itself to set up and those costs are passed on to the consumer.
What are the layers of the Amazon rainforest?
Any tropical forest is usually described in four layers. The emergent layer is a small number of trees which grow above the canopy layer. The canopy contain the majority of large trees. The understory layer is placed between the canopy and the floor, and the forest floor is the lowest layer.
