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Why is the flow of energy through an ecosystem considered inefficient?
The transfer of energy and matter in a food chain is only 10% efficient because 90% doesn't get broken down or used while moving through the food chain.
Are ecosystems transformers of matter and energy?
In an ecosystem the reactions going on are chemical reactions, and the total weight of the substances involved remains constant. Matter is only destroyed in nuclear reactions such as the fission of uranium, which does not happen in a normal ecosystem. Energy is transformed though, for example the sun's energy is absorbed by plants making them grow.
Do detritivores return energy to an ecosystem?
They only return the minerals to the ecosystem.
How do you keep balance of your ecosystem?
by consuming things only which are so essential to me
What is the matter that moves through an ecosystem?
Sunlight is the initial source of energy for most ecosystems. The producers convert light energy into chemical energy through photosynthesis. Energy transformations are yet never fully efficient and energy will escape from the ecosystem.The chemical energy then passes through the trophic levels of the ecosystem, where herbivores obtain energy from eating plants and carnivores obtain their energy from eating other animals. As for decomposers, they obtain their energy from waste products. Energy cannot be fully transferred between the trophic levels and it is only around 10% efficient as some energy is lost as heat through respiration.
What is the change in direction of light when it passes from one kind of matter to another?
Light can not change direction by passing from one kind of mater to another. In fact, light can only pass through its own type of matter, which is when things like light can go through each other (and only a few types of matter can do that), but even in that case since it can go through, it can't be bent in angle by passing through.
Do water cycles only through the living parts of an ecosystem?
no
Why is the flow of energy through an ecosystem considered inefficient?
The transfer of energy and matter in a food chain is only 10% efficient because 90% doesn't get broken down or used while moving through the food chain.
Why does energy flow in only one direction in a given food chain of a ecosystem?
because you touch yourself at night
What is the only direction a person can go from the South Pole?
North is the only direction available when traveling from the South Pole.
What matter state causes a force in one direction only?
If you mean compressed, then the answer is a gas.
How does energy and matter move through an ecosystem?
It gets converted into energy.
Does blood only flow in one direction through the heart?
NO
Ecosystem comprises only animals?
There is only one ecosystem the comprise with animals. The only ecosystem that comprises animal is nitrogen.
What best describes the flow of energy and the movement of chemical compounds in an ecosystem?
The flow of energy through an ecosystem is described as one-way or linear. This means that energy enters the ecosystem and passes through it without being recycled. Energy enters in the from of light (via photosynthesis) and leaves as heat. Heat is not used as a source of energy by living organisms. Chemical compounds can be recycled, so their movement is cyclical in an ecosystem. The same atoms are used over and over again, so your body will contain atoms that were in the bodies of dinosaurs, for example.
What matter do L-Waves travel through?
only through the surface of the earth
When a transverse wave moves through matter the matter moves in the same direction as the wave true or false?
When a wave propagation takes place in a material medium no particle of the medium moves along with the wave. Only the partciles of the medium make vibrations or oscillations. These are of two type One if the particles vibrate simple harmonically in the direction of propagation then it is said to be LONGITUDINAL If the vibrations are perpendicular to the direction of porpagation then it will be said to be TRANSVERSE
