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As energy moves from one thing to another in a food chain what happens to the energy?
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∙ 14y ago
The about of energy passed to the next level is 10%. If the first level uses sunlight, it will use 90% for growth and reproduction. That means that 10% can be passed on. The second level also needs to grow and reproduce. So it will use 90% of that 10% leaving only 10% of 10% to pass to the third level. This is why there is usually only 3 levels in an ecosystem. The numbers of organisms reflect this. The numbers become fewer and fewer.
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∙ 6y ago
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∙ 14y agoExample:
the grass makes energy from the sun. A zebra eats the grass so now the zebra has the suns energy. A lion comes along and eats the zebra so now the lion has its own energy, the zebras energy, and the energy the grass made. So all that energy came from the sun. That kind of makes sense and kind of doesn't.
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∙ 15y agoThere is always an energy loss. There is never a 100% effective transfer of power. Such is known as the Second Law of Thermodynamics. In brief 'enthropy is always increasing.'
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∙ 9y agoEnergy flows from one direction in a food chain, which is the sun. Then, it goes from the plants to the herbivores to the carnivores to the decomposers.
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∙ 11y agoIt loses it by 10% Same for an Energy Pyramid.
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it gets lost through each trophic level while only the other 10% moves on..
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The cooling system moves the heat (thermal energy) to the air.
