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When one organism gets eaten, the other animal that ate it only gets ten percent of the energy passed on to it. So say a bug eats 10,000 calories worth of grass. Only 1,000 calories get passed on to the bug. When a mouse eats the bug, the mouse gets only 100 calories from the bug. When a hawk eats the mouse, the hawk gets only 10 of the original calories that came from the grass.
More efficient use is made of food plants by humans consuming them directly rather than than first converting them into animal products,since this cuts out at least one of the energy-losing stages in the food chain
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agobecause a food chain is based on one certain thing in the ecosystem ....if the entire ecosystem was in it it would be a food web which is food chains from an ecosystem linked together
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Why are food chains not efficient?
they are efficient they give as much detail they can
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 is a model that shows how food chains are connected?
They are called food chains.
What food chains can you find in central valley California?
food chains
What does an overlapping food chains in an ecosystem make up?
Food Chains! :)
What do food webs show us what food chains dont?
Food webs and food chains are mostly the same
What is the term used to describe food chains which overlap and intersect?
The term used to describe food chains that overlap and intersect is called a food web. A food web consists of multiple food chains in an ecosystem.
Model that shows how food chains overlap?
A food web is a model that shows how food chains overlap.
Is a food web made up many food chains?
no a food web is made up of many food chains
A diagram that shows overlapping food chains?
overlapping food chains are called a food web.
Food chains end with which break down dead matter?
food chains end with
These are often at the bottom of most food chains?
there are often at the bottom of food chains. Plants
