How energy flows from the sun as it is transferred along the food chain through the producersto the consumers?

Answer 1

As you might expect, the Sun's energy is depleted as it moves through a food chain in any environment. The organisms that capture energy directly from the Sun always have the most energy content, or in a predator prey scenario, the most nutrients. On land plants are eaten by herbivores allowing them to get the most rich and concentrated energy and nutrition. This is why herbivores tend to be the LARGEST organisms, not only on land but in the ocean as well. They get tons of energy without have to do a lot of work. Now as you move down the food chain this energy becomes more and more diluted. Animals that are predators (carnivores in particular) have had to adapt to either be smaller, eat more frequently, reduce their metabolisms, etc. In fact, the Sun's energy is so quickly depleted as it moves through the food chain that in any ecosystem there are few examples of more than about 5 steps in the food chain. Here's some examples: plankton use sunlight, small organisms eat plankton, small fish like sardines eat them, large fish like tuna eat them, and sharks eat the tuna. Yes you could argue human then eat sharks but we eat at will and thus the need for energy isn't a factor.

Answer 2

Energy flows from the sun as it is transferred along the food chain through the producers to the consumers by the sunlight passing it to the grass then some animals eat the grass and thats how the cycle keeps repeating.Now,if the sunlight stops giving energy to the grass the animals that eat the grass will die.And if the sunlight stops working there will be no oxygien for us to live because the plants are the ones that when they shake they produce oxygen..And of course one thing that animals.plants,and human being all have in common is the following.Water,Food,And shelter.