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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.

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How do decomposed obtain energy?

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.


What is potential energy is energy of chemistry or?

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.


How do herbivoreso obtain energy?

They feed on plants. So they get chemical energy of plants


How do cells obtain energy from the sun?

Green plant cells change light energy into chemical energy.


How do organism each of the three energy roles obtain chemical energy?

Producers Consumer Decomposer


All living cells obtain energy?

from the chemical bonds of ATP


What do all living things obtain from chemical substances from food?

Energy


How decomposers get 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.


Can virus obtain and use energy?

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.


Do heterotrophs convert solar energy into chemical energy?

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.


How do autotrophs obtain energy?

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.


What form of energy do organisms obtain?

Chemical energy mainly from carbohydrates, which is then converted to ATP to transfer energy to the appropriate parts of the cell.