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Why is there less available energy at the top of the food pyramid?
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∙ 12y ago
There is less energy because there is less to eat.It is like eating a hamburger.....there is less goodness because their is less to eat.
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Why is there less energy at the top of the energy pyramid?
Energy decreases because only 10% of the energy stored at each trophic level is available to the next trophic level.
Which level the energy pyramid contains the most energy?
The bottom level which contains plants has the most energy. This is because they get their energy directly from the sun while other animals get it from plants themselves, or other animals. Animals cannot absorb 100% of the energy when they eat plants so the level of energy degrades all the way to the top of the food chain. Each animal gets less and less % of the energy the plant had in the first place.
Why are there usually fewer organisms at the top of an energy pyramid?
The energy pyramid has a broad base to support the next level of organisms, then gets narrower as each layer is added. Each upper level eats more than one ie many organism from the layer below it. Therefore, there has to be more organisms and more energy trapped in lower layers to give energy to the upper layer. There is more grass than rabbits, there are more rabbits than hawks. There is more energy in the grass layer than the layers above it.
Explain how energy passes through a food chain?
The first level of the food chain are producers who make their own food from photosynthesis. The herbivores and omnivores eat the first level and convert that energy for use. That level is also eaten by the omnivores and the carnivores who further convert the energy.
Why does saving energy save money?
this is because u use less energy. LESS ENERGY = LESS TO PAY
How does the amount of energy available at one level of an energy pyramid compared to the next level up?
The most energy is available at the producer level of the pyramid . As you move up the pyramid, each level has less energy available than the level below.
How does the amount of energy available at one level of an energy pyramid compare to the amount of energy available to the next level?
The most energy is available at the producer level of the pyramid . As you move up the pyramid, each level has less energy available than the level below.
Does the amount of energy available to each organism in a food chain depends on its position on an energy pyramid?
It's yes. Each level in the pyramid has only ten percent of the level beneath it, so there is less energy transfer as you go up the pyramid. So if at the base, the available energy is 10000 the next step up would have an available energy of 1000, and the next step 100 etc.
In Food pyramid who has more energy has less?
fruit is higher but sugar but sugar is less
Why is ecological pyramid shaped like a pyramid?
A graphical model that is shaped like a pyramid to show how the energy flows through a food chain, how the amount of energy is decreasing and becoming less available for organisms as it enters each trophic level, and how much of the energy in the ecosystem is lost to the atmosphere as heat.
Why is there less of energy at the top of an energy pyramid?
yes, there is less energy at the top of an energy pyramid
What does an energy pyramid show us about energy in a food chain?
The difference is that a food chain is one path of energy, and a food web is overlapping food chains. As for an energy pyramid it show that there is less and less food and energy available as you go from the base to the top of the pyramid
Why are the numbers of organisms smaller at high levels of an energy pyramid?
The energy pyramid shows how the amount of useful energy, food, decreases as organisms in that level use it. Even though a lot of energy may be taken in at any level, more energy in the form of food that is available to the next level, is stored on the bottom level and decreases at each level as you move to the top of the pyramid. Thus, there is much less energy to support organisms at the top, so there are fewer in most communities.
What do the arrows represent in an energy pyramid?
It represent the food pyramid and the bottom organism eats less as the top organism eats more.(basically everything on the bottom)
There is less energy available to consumers at higher levels in a food why?
There is less energy available to consumers(animals) ,because most of the energy from the sun is used by the producers(plants)
How would a pyramid reflecting biomass be similar to or different from an energy pyramid?
A biomass pyramid looks like an energy pyramid, in that the largest biomass is contained in the producer level, and the least biomass is contained in the level of the highest order consumer. Basically, as you move up the energy pyramid, there is less energy available to support the biomass at each subsequent level.
Why is energy in a pyramid limited?
because there is less space in a pyramid
