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How much energy is transferred from a producer to a primary consumer?
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∙ 12y ago
If a herbivore eats producer materials containing 100 kJ of stored energy, then the energy stored in its body tissues is only 4 kJ. Thus only 4% of the food eaten is stored within the herbivores tissues.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 12y ago10% of the energy in each trophic level makes it up to the next level
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∙ 12y agoThe percent of the engery that gets to the secondary consumer is 23%!
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∙ 12y agoLess than 1%
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∙ 13y agoyou tell me im not sure
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∙ 12y agoAbout 10%
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∙ 11y ago10%
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How do producers differ from consumers?
A producer is always at the beginning of a food chain. A producer will always be a plant. A primary consumer eats the producer. The secondary consumer eats the primary consumer. The scavenger comes next (if it gets there before the decomposer.) The decomposer will always be last. Example: (where there is a scavenger) grass --> rabbit --> fox --> vulture --> mushroom producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer, scavenger, decomposer
How is energy transferred from one trophic level to another?
when the organisms eat each other they transfer energy, each time one organism eats another, 10% of it's ( the eaten organism ) energy is tranfered to the eater.
What is true about secondary consumers in an ecosystem?
A secondary consumer is a predator that eats the primary consumer in an ecosystem. Flow of energy in an ecosystem= primary producer>primary consumer>secondary consumer>teriary consumer
What happens to energy as you move from step in a chain or web?
The energy decreases as you move step to step in a chain The first organism (primary consumer) that eats the producer (green plants) will have the most number
What is the relationship between a primary consumer and a secondary consumer?
A primary consumer obtains its energy from producers (i.e. plants). Therefore a rabbit is a primary consumer because it eats grass and other plants. A secondary consumer eats primary consumers, therefore they do not get their energy directly from plants.The fox that eats the rabbit would be a secondary consumer.
When a secondary consumer eats a primary consumer how much energy gets transferred?
the secondary consumer gets 10% of the energy from consuming primary consumer.
What is a primary consumor in regards to biology?
A primary consumer is the organism in the food chain that gets its energy directly from the producer. meaning if grass is a producer, cows would be an example of a primary consumer. in laymans terms the primary consumer eats the producer.
Is primary consumer a producer?
No. A primary consumer is one that gets its energy from plants (producers). Primary consumers are most often known as herbivores. A producer is one that can make its own energy through photosynthesis. These are plants.
What category would a mouse fall into on the energy pyramid A primary consumer B primary producer C secondary consumer D tertiary consumer?
A mouse is a primary consumer.
How can a consumer in the food chain belong to two different groups?
A producer is able to produce their own energy (like a plant), while a primary consumer consumes the energy that the producer produces. A secondary consumes the producers' energy by eating the primary consumer who ate the producer. Omnivores, like humans, are primary consumers when they eat plants and secondary consumers when they eat meat.
sun is a producer,consumer,producer,or decomposer?
Producer- energy from the
What eats the consumes?
Primary consumers in an ecosystem are the animals that eat and get their energy from producers (plants/vegetation etc.) for example: Cabbage (Producer) ----> Caterpillar (primary consumer). Primary consumers are mainly classed as herbivores. A secondary consumer would be something that then eats the primary consumer.
How do producers differ from consumers?
A producer is always at the beginning of a food chain. A producer will always be a plant. A primary consumer eats the producer. The secondary consumer eats the primary consumer. The scavenger comes next (if it gets there before the decomposer.) The decomposer will always be last. Example: (where there is a scavenger) grass --> rabbit --> fox --> vulture --> mushroom producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer, scavenger, decomposer
How is energy transferred from one trophic level to another?
when the organisms eat each other they transfer energy, each time one organism eats another, 10% of it's ( the eaten organism ) energy is tranfered to the eater.
Is a walleye a producer or consumer?
Primary consumer - eat plants Secondary consumer - eat plant eaters Producer - plants that consume sunlight and store it as chemical energy Therefore, northern pike are fish, so they would be a part of the consumer category because they arent plants.
The animal that forms the second level of the food chain are?
you call an animal that eats a producer (a plant which gets its energy from the sun) a primary consumer. something that eats a primary consumer is called a secondary consumer. Something that eats this is called a tertiary consumer.
Which organisim is a 'secondary consumer'?
Secondary consumers are organisms that eat primary consumers. Primary consumers eat primary producers. Primary producers are plants that photosynthesize sun light into chemical energy. A cow, for example, that eats grass (a primary producer) is considered to be a primary consumer. The wolf (or a human for that matter), who eats the cow (a primary consumer), is defined as the secondary consumer.
