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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.
What does a biomass show?
The biomass pyramid is a chart that is drawn to scale. It displays the biomass at each stage in the food chain.
How does the decay of biomass relate to a food chain your food web?
Because their food
What does a biomass pyramid represent?
A pyramid of biomass shows how much energy the organism on a food chain is getting from its food.
In a food chain which organisms have the smallest numbers and smallest total biomass?
Those at the top of the food chain.
How can energy be lost in a food chain?
Energy can be lost in a food chain by heat or waste.
Would the biomass of a tertiary consumer be larger or smaller than the biomass of a primary consumer?
The biomass of a tertiary consumer would be smaller than the biomass of a primary consumer. This is because energy is lost as it moves up the food chain through each trophic level. Tertiary consumers have less available energy and biomass compared to primary consumers.
How would a chart showing the concentration of toxins differ from a biological pyramid of biomass for the same food chain?
i believe the concentration becomes greater as you move up the food chain, or up the biomass pyramid, meaning that the highest level of consumer has the highest amount of toxicity. I always thought it was the other way around but I've done some research and that's what I found.
How is the loss in energy connected to the loss in biomass?
Energy loss in an ecosystem is connected to loss in biomass through the second law of thermodynamics, which states that energy is lost as it is transferred between trophic levels. As organisms consume food, some energy is used for metabolism and growth, but a significant portion is lost as heat through respiration, resulting in a decrease in biomass at each trophic level. This loss in energy contributes to a decrease in biomass as energy moves up the food chain.
What is the total mass of all organisms in a food chain?
biomass
Explain the reason that eating lower on a food chain provides more food energy that eating higher on the food chain?
Eating lower on the food chain provides more food energy because energy is lost as it moves through each trophic level. When animals consume other animals, they are absorbing energy that has already been partially used by the prey. By consuming plants directly, less energy is lost, resulting in more food energy available for consumption.
The total amount of tissue of all the organisms in a food chain is called the what?
The total amount of tissue of all the organisms in a food chain is called the biomass. Biomass represents the organic material that can be consumed or used for energy transfer between trophic levels in an ecosystem.
