Animals (including humans) obtain their energy by digesting food, taking out the energy content and excreting the waste.
Plants get their energy by photosynthesis through sunlight.
They obtain energy in much the same way as people do. They take organic matter called detritus, and take the chemical potential energy out of it.
Potential energy is the energy due to position of a body in a force field. There is a type of potential energy called Chemical Potential energy for example energy stored in fuels.
They feed on plants. So they get chemical energy of plants
Green plant cells change light energy into chemical energy.
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from the chemical bonds of ATP
Energy
Decomposers get energy in much the same way as heterotrophs (e.g. humans) obtain energy. They take organic matter called detritus (e.g. dead leaves, wood etc.), and take the chemical potential energy out of it. Wood, for example, has much chemical potential energy (as you can tell from a wood fire). Decomposers break apart the cellulose in the wood into sugar monomers, and then do cellular respiration to "burn" it. Humans only differ in the source of the sugar molecules; rather than obtaining the sugar molecules from, say, potatoes decomposers obtain them from detritus.
No. Viruses do not have a metabolism. They rely on a host to do that.This is why they are not considered "living" creatures, but bacteria are.
No, heterotrophs cannot convert solar energy into chemical energy. Heterotrophs obtain their energy by consuming other organisms or organic matter that have already converted solar energy into chemical energy through processes like photosynthesis.
Autotrophs obtain energy through photosynthesis, which is the process of using sunlight to convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose. They can also obtain energy through chemosynthesis, which is the process of using inorganic compounds to produce energy through chemical reactions.
Chemical energy mainly from carbohydrates, which is then converted to ATP to transfer energy to the appropriate parts of the cell.