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Why does the last animal in the food chain receive the least amount of energy?
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∙ 12y ago
it doesnt receive the least energy per animal but on a whole as a species, the top of the food chain tends to have the smallest population so it doesnt need as much energy to keep on living also only 10% or there abouts of the energy animals lower down on the food chain take in is available through eating them the remainder is spent on living (growth repair reproduction movement) and some is wasted like the energy in bones and fur and what the animal poops out basically hope this helped
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What organism in the soil food chain do not get energy?
In the basic food chain, autotrophs are the organisms that do not receive energy from a plant or animal. Autotrophs make their own food and energy.
Where is there the least amount of energy in the food chain?
who gets the least amount of energy in the food chain
What is transferred from organism to organism in a food chain?
energy is transferred from on animal to the other animal. Because energy can't be destroyed only transferred
Loss of energy in the food chain limits the amount of what?
Energy that can be transfered to the next level
Why cant a carnivore be a primary consumer in a food chain?
Primary consumers receive their energy from producers (i.e. plants) canrnivores receive their energy from other consumers.
What organism in the soil food chain do not get energy?
In the basic food chain, autotrophs are the organisms that do not receive energy from a plant or animal. Autotrophs make their own food and energy.
What do animal receive through a food chain?
The energy from the stage before it. e.g. plants get energy from the sun through photosynthesis, and herbivores get energy from the plants through consumption.
Where is there the least amount of energy in the food chain?
who gets the least amount of energy in the food chain
Why does the last animal in the food chain receives the least amount of energy?
it doesnt receive the least energy per animal but on a whole as a species, the top of the food chain tends to have the smallest population so it doesnt need as much energy to keep on living also only 10% or there abouts of the energy animals lower down on the food chain take in is available through eating them the remainder is spent on living (growth repair reproduction movement) and some is wasted like the energy in bones and fur and what the animal poops out basically hope this helped
The amount of energy that is transferred at each level of the food chain is about?
It depends on the activity of the animal in question but it is usually around 10%.
How does the amount of energy change in a food chain?
The energy will go down because the energy keeps getting stored in the cells of the plants or animal that has the energy, so when an other animal eats that plant or animal it gets less of the energy the other creature has. An energy pyramid starts at the bottom with a producer. This is it's widest point, because it has the most energy.
Why is there more energy at the bottom of an energy chain than at the top?
Any animal uses up most of the energy it eats; only a small amount of energy gets stored in its tissues (especially muscles, i.e., the meat we eat).
Where does all the energy in the food chain come from?
Because when you eat you get energy and a food chain tells you which animal eats what
How does the nutrients and energy pass from animal to animal in the food chain?
eat another energy pass only 10 percent
In any food chain the total amount of energy always?
The energy flux of a food chain goes from producer to decomposer. The energy flux along the food chain is always unilateral.
What is the series of steps that show the transfer of energy among living things?
transfer of energy among living organisms is evident in food chain because the producers receive the most energy while the consumers receive less and less energy depends on its position in the food chain.
What is transferred from organism to organism in a food chain?
energy is transferred from on animal to the other animal. Because energy can't be destroyed only transferred
