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What happens as you move up energy the pyramid?
Basically only 1/10 of the energy from the previous organism is absorbed into the body of the consumer while the other 9/10 is burned up when used for energy by the previous organism. If there is some grass with 100 energy and it gets eaten by a herbivore, the herbivore only receives 10% of the ORIGINAL energy (so the herbivore will have 10 energy.) The animal that will eat the herbivore will only receive 1 energy from the ORIGINAL energy source. The next consumer of the previous organism will only get 0.1 energy from the ORIGINAL energy source and so on.
What happens to the amount of energy as you go up the energy pyramid?
Basically only 1/10 of the energy from the previous organism is absorbed into the body of the consumer while the other 9/10 is burned up when used for energy by the previous organism. If there is some grass with 100 energy and it gets eaten by a herbivore, the herbivore only receives 10% of the ORIGINAL energy (so the herbivore will have 10 energy.) The animal that will eat the herbivore will only receive 1 energy from the ORIGINAL energy source. The next consumer of the previous organism will only get 0.1 energy from the ORIGINAL energy source and so on.
Who will spend more energy to find food herbivore or a carnivore?
Herbivores. In a food chain, energy is passed from one link to another. When a herbivore eats, only a fraction of the energy (that it gets from the plant food) becomes new body mass; the rest of the energy is lost as waste or used up by the herbivore to carry out its life processes (e.g., movement, digestion, reproduction). Therefore, when the herbivore is eaten by a carnivore, it passes only a small amount of total energy (that it has received) to the carnivore.
Is more energy lost from an ecosystem when a herbivore eats a plant or when a carnivore eats an animal?
More energy is lost by the Carnivore eating the Herbivore because of the 10% rule. When the Herbivore eats the plant, he gains 10% of the plants energy, but when the Carnivore eats the Herbivore, the Carnivore is getting 10% of the plants 10% from the Herbivore.
When a herbivore is eaten by a carnivore what percent of energy from the herbivore is transferred to the carnivore?
95%
What is the role of a herbivore?
I believe the role of a herbivore is to consume plants and provide a source of meat for carnivores like me...... I believe the role of a herbivore is to consume plants and provide a source of meat for carnivores like me......
What is a role of a herbivores?
I believe the role of a herbivore is to consume plants and provide a source of meat for carnivores like me...... I believe the role of a herbivore is to consume plants and provide a source of meat for carnivores like me......
Is a solar energy system considered as a blue energy source or a green energy source?
green energy source
What is the path of energy in food from one organism to another is a?
herbivore
How does a herbivore get the energy it needs to survive?
eating only plants
What organisms get energy from eating plants and other animals?
herbivore
Is electricity a clean source of energy?
The term clean source of energy refers to only primary energy sources as wind or solar energy. Electricity, by definition, is not a primary energy source. It is a secondary energy source that is could be produced by a clean energy source as wind or any renewable primary energy source or produced by fossil energy source as oil, natural gas, or coal.
