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What happens to energy in biosphere?
Energy in the biosphere is constantly being transferred and transformed through various processes. It is initially captured by plants through photosynthesis, then transferred to consumers through the food chain. Energy is constantly being used for growth, movement, reproduction, and other life processes before eventually being lost as heat.
The movement of energy through the food chain?
Energy moves through the food chain from producers (plants) to consumers (animals) and decomposers. This transfer occurs as organisms consume one another, with energy being passed along in the form of food. The flow of energy through the food chain is unidirectional, with energy being lost as heat at each step.
Does energy and biomass increase or decrease as you go through the food chain?
Energy and biomass decrease as you move up the food chain due to the second law of thermodynamics, which states that energy is lost as it moves through trophic levels. Organisms higher up in the food chain have less energy available to them compared to those lower down.
Explain why there is a limit to the number of links in a food chain?
There is a limit to the number of links in a food chain due to energy loss at each trophic level. As energy is transferred from one organism to another, some energy is lost as heat during metabolism, making it inefficient to sustain a long chain. This limits the number of trophic levels that can be supported in a food chain.
What happens to energy as you move from step in a chain or web?
The energy decreases as you move step to step in a chain The first organism (primary consumer) that eats the producer (green plants) will have the most number
What form of energy is represented by a bicycle chain?
The chain itself only has chemical energy equal its weight and material. Then it'll have a bit of potential energy depending on where it's kept. If it's turning it'll have a bit of kinetic energy as well.
If a roller coaster car is pulled by a chain at the beginning of the ride what kind of energy is present at this point?
The motor that drives the chain is being fuelled with electrical energy, which it converts into kinetic energy to move the chain. The chain supplies the rollercoaster carriage with kinetic energy and (hence why its harder to pull something up a slope) gravitational-potential energy. When the chain releases the carriage, and it speeds down the track, it converts its GPE into kinetic energy and thermal/sound wastes.
How potential and kinetic energy have been used by the planet and living organisms?
Potential energy and Kinetic energy are used by the planet by our orbit. Earth has Gravitational potential energy and so do the other planets. When a bigger object with a gravitational field comes close to a planet or rock it is pulled into the field. The planet keeps wanting to go straight, but the field keeps it in orbit. Therefore the planet is always using potential and kinetic energy to stay in orbit. EDIT: Potential is the energy inside matter when it is not moving, and kinetic is inside when it is moving. For example; if a boulder is sitting on a cliff, it is potential. Then it falls and goes down. It is moving, so it is not kinetic. Then it stops moving, and it is potential again. So the Earth is moving, using the kinetic energy. Some of the life forms(like a person sitting doing nothing) on Earth are potential. The energy flow through living organisms starts with sunlight and photosynthesis, then travels through the food chain in bite sized chunks. Primary producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers, and decomposers are all part of the food chain.
What type of energy is used to get the roller coaster car up the first hill?
Potential energy is used to get the roller coaster car up the first hill. The potential energy is converted to kinetic energy as the car goes down the hill. The potential energy is typically provided by a motor or chain lift system.
How is clock tower movement possible without electricity?
The source of energy is the hanging weight(s) in the tower....or a wound spring if a more modern mechanism is used. Think of a Grandfather Clock. It is "wound" by pulling on a chain which raises the hanging weight(s) in the body of the clock. The force of gravity pulling on the weights provides the energy to run the clock. Note however, that you actually input the energy initially, when you pulled on the chain to raise the weight. That rise increased the weight's Potential Energy, which is then slowly converted back to Kinetic Energy as the weight slowly is lowered by the Clockwork mechanism.
How is riding a bike kinetic energy?
The motorcycle's gasoline is potential energy. The energy is released as a chemical reaction (chemical energy) and converted to heat (heat energy). It then becomes converted to kinetic energy with the movement in the engine, and subsequent movement of the motorcycle.
Jill is getting ready to push little Frank in his swing She pulls Frank back as high as she can and then releases the swing What is the initial transfer of energy that accelerates the swing when s?
Potential energy mostly transferring to kinetic energy (some of the energy will also dissipate as heat from friction - air friction, friction where the ends of the chain or rope is rubbing against whatever it is attached to, etc.) The potential energy comes from Jill raising Frank in the gravitational field of the earth.
How does a roller coaster demonstrate potential and kinetic energy in action?
there is a lot of potential energy right before a roller coaster decreases in elevation. potential energy is at its highest on a roller coaster when the roller coaster is at its highest point. when it drops down it uses kinetic energy.
What is the energy that cells make and use called?
Hydro-energy from waterSolar-energy from the sunChemical-energy from chemicals(food)Mechanical-energy from potential and kinetic energyThermal-energy from heatNuclear-energy from atomsRadient-energy from lightElectrical-energy from electronsAdded: geothermal engergy from the Earth's core
When many atoms are split in a chain reaction, a large explosion occurs This is an example of what type of energy conversion?
Your question has 2 parts:Assuming that 1 neutron starts the chain reaction, each generation takes 10ns, each fission produces 2.5 neutrons on average, and the chain reaction lasts 1us; the total fissions = 100000Nuclear energy to kinetic energy to heat energy.
Dominoes standing in a row will all fall if the first one is tipped toward the others how does the law of conservation of energy describe this?
The Law of Conservation of Energy doesn't give you much useful information in this situation. Anyway, what happens in terms of energy is simply that the dominoes initially have potential energy. While they are falling, the potential energy gets converted to kinetic energy. Once they hit the ground, the kinetic energy gets transferred to other forms of energy, in part the shock wave (vibration) imparted by the domino to the ground, in part heat.
Mechanical energy is the sum of what type of energy and potential energy?
It is energy held in reserve, not being used but available depending on some other action. It could be gravitational, due to a weight being raised to a high position, or it could be stored in elastic, in a model airplane for example. It could be energy stored in a gas at high pressure, which could do work if released. You could say that fuels such as fossil fuels or even uranium have potential energy, because it just requires some circumstance such as ignition or a nuclear chain reaction to release the energy, which would otherwise stay locked up in the fuel
