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Why isn't all the energy from one level of the food chain passed onto the next level?
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∙ 9y ago
because through each animal in the food chain at least 90% of the energy is lost through, eating, running, sleeping getting away from predators etc Because of trophic efficiency, only 10 percent of the energy of the previous level (or "link" as you say) makes it to the next level
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∙ 15y ago
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What percentage of energy is passed from level to level of a food chain or web?
10% every trophic level. Only 1% of sunlight is passed down however.
Is about half the energy from one level transferred to the next?
No, only about 10-20% of an organism's energy is passed on to the next level of the food chain.
What is passed along the food chain?
Energy
What is passed along a food chain?
energy
What is in a food chain?
a food chain is a diagram,of some sort that describes how energy is passed
How is energy lost between producers and herbivores?
As energy flows through the food chain, 90% of the energy is lost at each trophic level and 10% is passed on.
What travels through the food chain?
Energy. In general, only about 10% of the energy available is able to be passed up the food chain.
What is something that is passed from one living to another in a food chain?
what is something is passed from one living thing to anoter in a food chain
Why is there less energy at the end of a food chain?
it is passed out in excretion.
What is the role of the producers in food chain?
In an ecosystem energy passes from one feeding level to another. Producers are plants that occupy the first level in the ecosystem. They are the only organisms that can convert the sun's energy into chemical energy through photosynthesis. When plants are consumed, energy is passed on the herbivores and then carnivores. Without producers in the food chain there would be no energy produced for other consumers of the food chain, which is vital to daily life.
How much energy gets passed upthe food chain from one level to th next?
The total amount of energy available is reduced from one stage to the next.
What form of energy is passed along from organism to organism in a food chain?
Chemical
