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Does energy and biomass increase or decrease as you go through the food chain?
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What happens to the biomass of the organism as trophic levels increase?
Energy and biomass decrease as the trophic levels increase.The general rule is that only about 10% of the total energy consumed from the previous trophic level will be passed onto the next level as useable energy. As a result it takes a large biomass of producers (plants) to support the total biomass of primary consumers. The primary consumers use the energy they obtain from the plants to maintain body temperature and move or it is lost as waste. Most energy is considered to be lost as heat. This pattern is repeated for secondary consumers and so on. (This is a generality; the amount of energy transferred changes in real situations.)All life is directly related to the original energy source, in most cases the sun. The higher up you go in the trophic level, the less life (overall biomass) that can be supported by the original energy source due to the loss of energy in each level.
Why does biomass decrease?
Biomass is defined as any biological material from living or recently living organisms. Since every living organism is a part of the food chain, less energy becomes available the more it climbs up the chain, resulting in a decrease in biomass.
Do Enzymes increase or decrease the Activation Energy of a Chemical Reaction?
decrease
When you increase the height of a ramp which increases the angle does the efficiency for kinetic energy increase of decrease?
The energy efficiency increases as the angle increases.
Describe two ways to release biomass energy?
Two ways to relase biomass energy is to burn biomass energy that is the most common way. Another way is, biomass can also be changed into liquid fuel.
Does heat increase or decrease thermal energy?
increase
What happens to the biomass of the organism as trophic levels increase?
Energy and biomass decrease as the trophic levels increase.The general rule is that only about 10% of the total energy consumed from the previous trophic level will be passed onto the next level as useable energy. As a result it takes a large biomass of producers (plants) to support the total biomass of primary consumers. The primary consumers use the energy they obtain from the plants to maintain body temperature and move or it is lost as waste. Most energy is considered to be lost as heat. This pattern is repeated for secondary consumers and so on. (This is a generality; the amount of energy transferred changes in real situations.)All life is directly related to the original energy source, in most cases the sun. The higher up you go in the trophic level, the less life (overall biomass) that can be supported by the original energy source due to the loss of energy in each level.
Why does the biomass of organisms decrease along food chains?
Because The energy is used for things like respiration and excretion. 10% of the biomass is used up from excretion.
Does the surface energy increase or decrease with increase in planar density?
decrease
Why does biomass decrease?
Biomass is defined as any biological material from living or recently living organisms. Since every living organism is a part of the food chain, less energy becomes available the more it climbs up the chain, resulting in a decrease in biomass.
Does biomass need solar energy to run?
No, biomass typically produces energy through incineration which does not require solar energy.
What is a sentence for the word biomass?
Biomass energy is produced through burning organic matter.
How energy transferred through the decay of biomass?
the heat radiantof the energy
What property of a wave increase as the wave energy increase?
An increase in energy corresponds to an increase in frequency or a decrease in wavelength.
Does a catalyst decrease or increase the activation energy required?
The catalyst decrease the needed activation energy.
Do catalysts decrease or increase energy required to begin a reaction?
Catalysts decrease activation energy.
Do Enzymes increase or decrease the Activation Energy of a Chemical Reaction?
decrease
