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The answer is complex and rather surprising. The plants get their energy to grow from the Sun, they use photosynthesis to trap the energy in sunlight to make sugars (out of water and Carbon Dioxide from the air) which then go into the making of the plants leaves and stems.
Cow graze on these leaves and stems but they can not use the energy in them directly. They chew them up and then pass the ground up bits into a special stomach (cows have 4 stomachs) where microorganisms break down this material and multiply on this food as they do so.
The cow then passes the fermented broth into others of its stomachs where it digests the microorganisms, incorporating their nutrients into its body.
Thus the energy a cow gets comes intally from the Sun, which is stored by plants, which is then used by microorganisms which is then used by the cow.
If you were then to eat the cow then the energy enabling you to move would have come from the Sun.
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∙ 14y agofirst a plant gets energy from the sun.then a cow eats it
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How do animals get energy from sunlight?
By eating plants.
What is the most plentiful energy source?
solar, wind, and geothermal energy
Does cellulose carbohydrate provides energy for cow but only dietary fiber for humans?
Cellulose
What initial source of energy land-dwelling living creatures depend on?
Sunlight or sun.
Why do all animals depends on plants for food?
Look at it this way:-All life needs energy, to grow, move, reproduce etc.The source of this energy is the light from our local star (the Sun).Animals can not make thir own food or use of sunlight directly - they obtain the energy they need by eating plants or other animals that eat plants. Animals are consumers.Plants however can make direct use of sunlight, their green leaves trap the sunlight and store the energy of the sunlight as chemical energy in sugars which they produce. Plants are therefore called producers.Thus as you can see plants form the basis of the energy supply for all animals.
What type of energy conversion take place in order to have energy stored in grass for cows to eat?
From the feed, forage or roughage they eat.
What is differnce between autotrophs and hetrotrophs?
Autotrophs make their own food using chlorophyll, (sunlight energy) whereas; hetrotrophs don't. Hetrotrophs feed off other living things. e.g. -a plant absorbs sunlight to grow, release and store (so the plant is an autotroph) -a cow then eats the plant and the energy is transferred (so the cow is a hetrotroph) - a human then eats the cow and the energy is, once again, transferred (so the human is a hetrotroph) - the energy is then lost as heat
Does sunlight contain energy?
Sunlight is energy.
What is energy from sunlight called?
Energy from sunlight is called solar energy
How does a cockroach get energy from sunlight?
How does a cockroach get energy from the sunlight
Is sunlight an energy?
Yes. Sunlight is a naturel energy. A lightbulb is a manmade energy.
How can cow dung and sunlight create electricity?
Biomass
Do chloroplasts convert sunlight into energy?
it converts sunlight energy into chemical energy
What energy converts sunlight into sugars?
The energy comes from the sunlight in this case.
How do you chloroplasts get energy from sunlight?
They have photosynthetic pigments.They absorb energy of sunlight.
How does the energy enter the biosphere?
as sunlight..
What is the source of energy for photosynthesis?
The Source of energy for photosynthesis is sunlight.
