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How much energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next?
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between 5-20%
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Why is so little of the energy from one trophic level transferred up to the next trophic level?
All of the energy that enters an organism is not available to the next trophic level. This is because while the organism has the energy they use most of the energy up before the next level eats that level.
Why are there fewer organisms in the higher trophic levels than the lower trophic levels?
the temperature is higher and in generally the conditions of life is much easier... There are also many atmospheric and oceanic phenomena participating in making the environment much more friendly than any other geographic level. and of course, cause they're near me :)
How are energy pyramids and trophic level alike?
The trophic levels show which organisms are at each level of the energy pyramid. The pyramid is shaped exactly as a pyramid. The lowest level contains the most energy and the most in number and variation of species. The next level only has 10% of the first levels' energy and fewer species. The amount of energy in the first level determines the number of levels possible. The tropical rain forest has the most levels (as many as 4) and a desert has the fewest (as few as 2). See links below:
How much energy is transferred from a producer to a primary consumer?
If a herbivore eats producer materials containing 100 kJ of stored energy, then the energy stored in its body tissues is only 4 kJ. Thus only 4% of the food eaten is stored within the herbivores tissues.
Why is a pyramid the best shape to show how energy move through and ecosystem?
A pyramid can represent the energy transfer in an ecosystem in two ways: First, right side up a pyramid can represent the number or volume of organisms at each level of the food chain. The energy transferred from each organism lower down on the food chain to the next higher up is not 100 percent efficient, so fewer organisms can exist at each higher level of the food chain. Inverted, the pyramid is a simple model of how much total energy it takes to produce a single organism at a level in the food chain. organisms at the bottom taking the least, and those at the top taking the most total energy.
How much energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next What happens to the energy not transferred?
i think 10%
To what does the tropic level of an animal refer?
The trophic level of an animal refers to its place on the energy pyramid. Its trophic level shows what the animal eats and how much energy it gets.
Each trophic level has how much less energy?
It has about 10% less energy.
How much energy is lost between eaach trophic level?
10%
If the 1st trophic level has 10000 kilocalories of energy how much energy will be available for trophic levels 2-4?
One million calories .
How much energy is passed from one trophic level to the next where does the rest go?
10% of the energy is passed on each trophic level. the other 90% goes out through heat.
How much energy is passed for one energy level to the next?
as little as 10% of the energy at any trophic level is transfer to the next level
How much energy moves from one trophic level to the next?
Only 10% moves up...my daughter is writing a paper on this now!
Why do food chains not exceed 4 links?
because the way a food chain works is energy is transferred between trophic levels, but as you move up each trophic level, about half of the energy is lost, which means when you get to the fourth trophic level, only about 10% of the original energy is remaining, so adding another level would mean that the creature would have to consume 10 times as much of its respective prey to get the energy equivalent of 1 of the creatures at the first trophic level. so in other works, energy consumption would be too inefficient
Why is so little of the energy from one trophic level transferred up to the next trophic level?
All of the energy that enters an organism is not available to the next trophic level. This is because while the organism has the energy they use most of the energy up before the next level eats that level.
In an energy pyramid for an ecosystem how much energy is passed from one trophic level to the next?
The Anwser is 10%
Are biomass and trophic level related?
Each trophic level contains one-tenth as much biomass as the level below it and ten times as much biomass as the level above it.
