A flock of sheep are grazing in a field. As they eat, the sheep break down the molecules in the grass, which releases energy. Which form of energy is stored in the grass?
Grass gets energy from the sun. Rodents eat the grass and get that energy. Hawks eat the rodent and get the energy that rodent got from grass which the grass got from the sun.
the sheep eat the grass and when they digest the grass the absorb the nutrients
It could be consumed by scavengers or broken down by decomposers.
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energy source(sun)>producer(grass)>primary consumer(mouse)>secondary consumer(snake)> tertiary(hawk)>decomposer(fungi) All organisms die and get broken down by decomposers
No they are just friends.
Kitty Hawk
Well think about it. If only 10 percent energy goes around. Do the math
An energy pyramid is the graphical representation of the trophic levels (nutritional) by which the incoming solar energy is transferred into an ecosystem. The source of energy for living beings on Earth is the Sun.
well it would matter what the hawk had ate if a hawk ate a snake he would gain energy from eating the snake but also other things that the pray ate so i wold say its grass.
Theanwer is hawk to snake to mouse to grass
It could be consumed by scavengers or broken down by decomposers.
It could be consumed by scavengers or broken down by decomposers.
It could be consumed by scavengers or broken down by decomposers.
Out of the four choices - the ONLY item the hawk wouldn't eat - is the grass !
A consumer gets its energy in multiple ways.If the consumer is low on the food chain like a prairie dog it will get its energy from producers, such as grass that use photosynthesis.If the consumer is in the middle of the food chain like a hawk it would get its energy from eating the prairie dog and also gain the leftover energy from the grass the prairie dog ate.Last but not least is if the consumer is high up in the food chain like a coyote.The coyote will get its energy from eating the hawk which in turn will give it leftover energy from the prairie dog. It could also give some energy from the grass to the coyote but that's not very likely. So basically a consumer gets its energy by what it eats. I hope this helped:)
A consumer gets its energy in multiple ways.If the consumer is low on the food chain like a prairie dog it will get its energy from producers, such as grass that use photosynthesis.If the consumer is in the middle of the food chain like a hawk it would get its energy from eating the prairie dog and also gain the leftover energy from the grass the prairie dog ate.Last but not least is if the consumer is high up in the food chain like a coyote.The coyote will get its energy from eating the hawk which in turn will give it leftover energy from the prairie dog. It could also give some energy from the grass to the coyote but that's not very likely. So basically a consumer gets its energy by what it eats. I hope this helped:)
You COULD be talking about a food chain,. ie, The hawk would be at the top of the food chain and the grass at the bottom. An extention to your example could be, "A Hawk eats a mouse which eats bugs which eat grass" An alternate answer could also be... "it is called Eating"
There are only a few trophic levels in an ecosystem because as a trophic level consumes, it only reiceves 10% of the energy in the previous level. There are only few trophic levels because as the feeding levels continue (like grass --> rabbit --> hawk) energy is lost. Most of it, you learn, is lost through heat. By the time it gets to the top level, there just isn't enough energy to continue the food chain. (that's what that is). I know its hard to imagine that grass has more energy than a hawk but the grass gets energy from the sun which is a lot of energy. The person before did mention the 10% thing which is also true.