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The base of the food chain determines the number of levels above it. The first level needs to use about 90% of the energy that they make for themselves for growing and reproducing. That leaves 10% for the next level. That level uses 90% of that 10% for growth and reproduction. That means that only 1% of that can go up for the next level to use. Only in a very few ecosystems (tropical rain forests or temperate rain forests) is there even enough another level.
Myriam Morissette
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What links all the food chains in an ecosystem?
Food Web
What links the food chains together in an ecosystem?
Food Web
What links to gather many food chains?
What we call a food web.
Why can't a Food chain with infinite number of links exist in nature?
Presumably, each link in a food chain consists of one species on Earth. The number of species in nature can not exceed the number of creatures of all species. Assume that each creature requires some finite, non-zero volume of space on Earth; therefore, there is a minimum volume that all creatures each requires. An infinite number of creatures would occupy infinite space. Earth has not infinite space, albeit it seems very large to finite creatures like you and me. Therefore, no food chain on Earth can have infinite links.
How do food chain differ from food webs?
food chains are a series of steps in which organisms transfer energy,and a food web links all the food chains in an ecosystem together.
What is foodweb?
A food web links all the food chains in an ecosystem together.
Does a food web show how animals are connected in their search for food?
A food web links together multiple food chains. food webs link together: different food chains that exist in a community various types of communities and producers, consumers, and decomposers
What are food chains that overlap?
food chains that overlap I think are called overlapping food chains. Food chains that overlap are called overlapping food chains.
What links together many food chains?
If I'm understanding your question correctly, it's called an ecosystem.
A network of food chains that share some links is a?
A food web is a network of food chains that share some links. Energy pyramids is a diagram that shows the energy that is available at each level of an ecosystem.
What is a food web and a food chain?
A food chain shows how food energy moves from one organism to another. A food web is the overlapping food chains to better show the way energy moves through an ecosystem. -ashaparekh44
Do all food chains contain the same number of organisms?
nope.avi
