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What happens to energy that seems to be lost in an energy chain?
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∙ 13y ago
Energy is NEVER lost in an energy chain. It is simply converted into a different source of energy or matter. For example, in swing, a person would get on, and use mechanical energy to power it so it can move. What people don't realize is that on the top, the metal chains that hold the swing together also moves along with the swing. Up there, the mechanical energy that moves the chains a little, and friction starts to occur. But that's not it. Instead of helping with the movement below, frictional force above the swing causes energy to be somehow "lost" in the trail. That's not true at all. The energy "lost" is converted into heat in the process.
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What happens to energy that seems to be lost due to friction in a simple machine?
It gets dissipated as heat
What happens to the energy not passed on to the next level?
It is lost, in the sense that it is converted into unusable energy.
What happens to the energy that is not transferred to the next tropic in a energy pyramid?
It is lost to into the environment and ultimately the universe.
What happens to lost energy of a marble?
Energy can neither be created or destroyed. It is converted to heat & sound when it lands.
When sound is generated where does the lost energy go?
Such sound would typically be absorbed after a time. When this happens, most of the energy will be converted to heat energy. In addition to above, the sound itself is kinetic energy which in moving ahead faces resistance or the friction of the medium that leads to convert sound energy into heat energy. Here, optical and thermodynamic phenomenon seems interlinked.
How can energy be lost in a food chain?
Energy can be lost in a food chain by heat or waste.
What happens to energy that seems to be lost due to friction in a simple machine?
It gets dissipated as heat
What is lost from a food chain?
energy
When energy is lost in a food chain it can never be?
found
How energy lost in an ecosystem?
Heat energy
How is energy lost from the food chain?
Heat and excretement and tuna!
Why is energy in a food chain linear?
Because it is lost at the end .
Once energy is lost in a food chain it can never be?
Regained.
What happens to energy as it travels away from the sources?
Energy is lost
How energy is lost at each level in a food chain?
Every living being in the food chain needs some of the energy for its own maintenance.Every living being in the food chain needs some of the energy for its own maintenance.Every living being in the food chain needs some of the energy for its own maintenance.Every living being in the food chain needs some of the energy for its own maintenance.
What happens to the energy that is not lost?
It goes to the sun
How is energy lost between producers and herbivores?
As energy flows through the food chain, 90% of the energy is lost at each trophic level and 10% is passed on.
