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On the energy pyramid what level does the heterotroph go on to?
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They are the consumers.
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How does the amount of energy available at one level of an energy pyramid compared to the next level up?
The most energy is available at the producer level of the pyramid . As you move up the pyramid, each level has less energy available than the level below.
What shows how much energy and food is available in each level of an ecosystem?
Energy pyramid Energy pyramid.
What is the percentices of the energy pyramid?
There are generally about 10% as many organisms when you go up one step on the energy pyramid.
Why there is a decrease of organism at each tropic level as you go up the pyramid?
No
How is matter and energy used in ecosystems?
Energy is described by a pyramid diagram (the ecological pyramid). There are 4 layers in the pyramid. The bottom layer is producers. They produce all the energy that goes up the pyramid. The second layer is the primary consumers, or herbivores, who eat the producers. Next, there is the secondary consumer layer, the organisms in it eat other consumers. Finally, there are tertiary consumers eat secondary and primary consumers.Note: as you go up the pyramid, the original energy from the level below it is reduced to 10% of the original energy from the level below it. The primary consumers get 10% of the energy the producers made, and so on, so the secondary consumers get 1% of the original energy, and the tertiary get 0.1% if the energy!See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_pyramid for a picture of the ecological pyramid.
How does the amount of energy available at one level of an energy pyramid compared to the next level up?
The most energy is available at the producer level of the pyramid . As you move up the pyramid, each level has less energy available than the level below.
How much energy is left when you go up a level in the energy pyramid?
10% is left
What shows how much energy and food is available in each level of an ecosystem?
Energy pyramid Energy pyramid.
Why is an energy pyramid shaped as a pyramid?
This is because the farther up you go in the energy pyramid the energy decreases.
Does the amount of energy available to each organism in a food chain depends on its position on an energy pyramid?
It's yes. Each level in the pyramid has only ten percent of the level beneath it, so there is less energy transfer as you go up the pyramid. So if at the base, the available energy is 10000 the next step up would have an available energy of 1000, and the next step 100 etc.
What is the percentices of the energy pyramid?
There are generally about 10% as many organisms when you go up one step on the energy pyramid.
Complete the energy pyramid?
go,glow, and grow
Which correct picture shows an energy pyramid?
A pyramid that shows the availability of energy that connects the consumers with the decomposer Shows the energy transfer between tropic levels. (10%) wrong An energy pyramid shows that less and less food and energy is available as you go from the base to the top of the pyramid.
What does an energy pyramid show us about energy in a food chain?
The difference is that a food chain is one path of energy, and a food web is overlapping food chains. As for an energy pyramid it show that there is less and less food and energy available as you go from the base to the top of the pyramid
Why are there few third level consumers?
The energy transferred from each tier of the energy pyramid gradually decreases the higher up you go because as energy is being transferred, larger and/or higher consuming organisms are using up more energy. Again, this increases the higher up you go.
Does enery increase as you go up the energy pyramid?
yes
8 Why is there less energy available at the top of an energy pyramid?
yes because energy pyramid is made up of three things. Those things are producers, herbivores, carnivores. It is at the top of the pyramid because the pyramid has an order to follow. It looks something like this: carnivore herbivore producer It can't go any other way.
