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What happens to the energy stored in an autotroph when it is eaten by a heterotroph?
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Autotrophs store energy in long chains of glucose molecules. These chains can be either starch or cellulose, depending on how the glucose are connected. When a heterotroph consumes the autotroph, it breaks down the cellulose or starch into its basic glucose components. The consumer either completely breaks down the glucose for energy, or it stores the molecules as fat or glycogen.
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What happens to food in order for it to be stored in ATP?
Respiration should take place. There energy of food is stored in ATP
What happens to the potential energy in a jack-in-the-box when you release the lid?
It is released (it has been stored in the spring) and appears as kinetic energy
What happens to solar energy not stored by primary producers?
Around 90% of the total solar energy is used by the producers for food manufacture, growth, reproduction, and survival. The solar energy that is not stored by primary producers is lost as heat.
What happens to sugars that aren't used by trees and plants for energy?
It is stored and used later for another time in the plant when energy is needed.
Living organisms represent Stored energy in the form of chemical compounds. when they die what happens to this stored energy?
The chemical compounds in cells lose their organization over time because there is no longer an input of energy to maintain the organized state.
What is the energy from the sun or energy stored in chemical compounds to make its own food?
autotroph
What happens when a heterotroph eats more food than it needs?
it is stored by an organism as fatIt is stored by an organism as fat.
Is a hawk an autotroph?
No. An autotroph (auto = self; troph = nutrition) is an organism that obtains the energy it needs to live and grow via energy from the sun (photoautotrophy) or energy stored in the chemical bonds of simple inorganic molecules (chemoautotrophy). An owl is regarded as a heterotroph (hetero = other) because it obtains the energy it needs to live and grow by consuming other living organisms, such as rodents.
What happens to the energy not stored in the body?
what happened to the energy that is not stored in your body
Food is converted into ATP what happens when a heterotroph eats more food than it needs?
It is stored by an organism as fat.
What happens to stored energy?
The energy stays stored as potential energy until it is discharged into another form of energy.
What happens to the energy that is not used by the plants?
It is stored as glycogen.
What happens to the energy stored in oil when you use it to heat your house?
Oil combust and release energy stored in chemical form to thermal energy.
What happens to food taken in by an organism?
The energy from the food is stored
What happens to kinetic energy when a machine stops?
It is converted into mostly potential (stored) energy.
What happens to the sugar which is not used for energy?
It can be stored in your muscles and liver as glycogen. It can also be converted to fat and stored.
What happens to the solar energy absorbed by plants during photosyntesis?
Stored as chemical energy in glucose
