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Why only about 20 percent of the energy available in a plant is transferred to the primary consumer?
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∙ 9y ago
Because the plant needs to use energy to live, and if the plant uses up the energy the herbivores can not receive it. There for some of the energy is used for the plant and what ever is left over is received by the herbivore.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 9y agoMost energy obtained through chemical reaction by plants are used up for growth and maintenance of the plant. Moreover, there is also loss of heat when the plant uses the energy which makes only a limited amount of energy to be available to the consumer.
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∙ 12y agoit is because some energy (such as heat) is used up during the process
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∙ 11y agoThe remaining energy is used up by the producer, for its own maintenance - or simply wasted.
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