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What is true about secondary consumers in an ecosystem?
A secondary consumer is a predator that eats the primary consumer in an ecosystem. Flow of energy in an ecosystem= primary producer>primary consumer>secondary consumer>teriary consumer
How much energy in a primary consumer?
It gets 10% of energy from the secondary consumer.
When a secondary consumer eats a primary consumer how much energy gets transferred?
the secondary consumer gets 10% of the energy from consuming primary consumer.
How much energy does a primary consumer receive of the original energy from the sun?
A primary consumer receives about 10% of the original energy from the sun. This energy is captured by producers through photosynthesis and passed on through the food chain, with energy decreasing at each trophic level.
A primary consumer would receive about how much percent of the original energy that enters an ecosystem from the sun?
10%
Why is a food chain length no more than 4 animals?
some are more than 4 animals. a plant (primary producers) is eaten by a grasshopper (primary consumer) who is eaten by a rat or mouse (secondary consumer) a snake (tertiary consumer) eats the rat and a hawk (quaternary consumer) eats the snake.but most are 4 or less due to the fact that the amount of energy that is transferred from one organism to the next varies in different food chains. Generally, only about ten percentof the energy from one level of a food chain makes it to the next. so if there were many more in the chain they wouldn't get much energy from what they ate.
What are three types of consumer?
Three types of consumers are habitual consumers (those who consistently purchase the same products), variety-seeking consumers (those who like to try new products and brands), and impulsive consumers (those who make purchases on a whim without much planning).
What is a consumer in biology?
In biology, a consumer is an organism that obtains energy by consuming other organisms or organic matter. Consumers are divided into different groups based on the type of food they eat, such as herbivores (plants), carnivores (animals), and omnivores (both plants and animals).
If the producer has 100 units of energy and this food chain falls in general of energy transfer how much and she will be available for the primary consumer?
In a typical energy transfer scenario, only about 10% of the energy from one trophic level is passed on to the next level. If the producer has 100 units of energy, approximately 10 units will be available for the primary consumer. This is due to the energy loss that occurs through metabolic processes and heat during energy transfer.
Bout how much energy is transferred from a producer to a primary consumer?
Generally, about 10% of the energy produced by a producer (like plants) is transferred to a primary consumer (like herbivores) in an ecosystem. This is part of the "10% rule" in ecology, which indicates that energy decreases significantly at each trophic level due to factors like metabolic processes and heat loss. As a result, only a fraction of the energy is available to support higher trophic levels.
How much of the energy in burning coal reaches the consumer as electricity?
One third of coal's energy reaches the consumer.
What are the throphic levels?
Trophic levels have to do with food and the hierarchy of energy transimssion in food chains. For instance, in a model food chain there is a Producer, which would always be an autotroph, meaning they produce their own food. Plants, some kinds of bacteria, algae etc. Next come Consumers, that are heterotrophs, meaning they don't make their own food and so much acquire their energy by ingesting another lifeform. Primary Consumers would be the next trophic level after Producers, they're the herbivores that eat consumers. For instance, a cow (Primary Consumer) that eats grass (Producer). Secondary Consumers eat Primary Consumers. They're mostly carnivores or omnivores. For instance, humans (Secondary Consumer) eat a cow (Primary) that ate grass (Producer). The three trophic levels of that food chain schematic would be Producer -> Primary Consumer -> Secondary Consumer It can go on, some food chains have Tertiary and even Quartenary Consumers.
