Well, first the energy will start from the sun and the plant will turn the light energy into chemical energy, then an organism will eat this plant. Now since every time an organism consumes another organism or plant it will only be able to absorb 10% of its energy. Then a secondary consumer will eat this organisms and gain 10% of the energy it had. Then the top carnivore will eat this animal and will only gain 10% of its energy. Then the cycle will continue until the top carnivore dies and the decomposes absorb the energy and start the cycle over.
i think the sun because the plants use the sun the plant gets eaten by plant eaters and they get eatedn by the meat eaters.
They can easily survive without any other organisms. So, as a group, they are producers, consumers and decomposers.
consumers; they don't produce their own energy (they have to eat), and they dont break stuff down until after they have eaten it :)
Insects are consumers. Generally if something is not a plant, then it's a consumer. If it eats dead things then it is a scavenger. Fungi are decomposers.
Producers make their food themselves (usually through photosynthesis), Consumers eat plants or other animals, decomposers break down organic meterial to simple molecules to get energy. Flies eating a mushroom would be consumers.
Decomposers break down dead organisms, which turns them into fertilizers that can aid plant growth and return the energy to the food chain, and thus provides more food and energy for animals (consumers). When the plants and animals die, they themselves are decomposed, and the cycle begins again.
Energy is transferred betweenproducers to consumers and decomposers in the food chain.
The energy in the producers comes from the sun. It feeds the consumers. The decomposers ultimately release the energy from the consumers and the producers that were not consumed.
producers obtain energy from water and sunlight, consumers obtain energy from producers and decomposers obtain energy from comsumers.
Producers capture energy and stores it in food. Consumers get their energy by eating other organisms. Decomposers decomposes the consumers, producers and waste materials to products that are again useful for producers. Thus, consumers do not actually have a role, while producers and decomposers do.
food web
Producers secure energy from their surroundings.
10% or the energy of THE SUN is transferred. 1 tertiary consumers 10 secondary consumers 100 primary consumers 1000 producers 10000 sun
Energy is transferred in a food chain. It starts with plants absorbing energy from the sun. It is then transferred up through the food chain by animals that eat plants which are, in turn, eaten by carnivore's.
Producers create food through photosynthesis, whereas decomposers breakdown dead or decaying matter. Decomposers do not make their own food, and so are consumers.
Producers are plants, such as cacti. Consumers are those who depend on plants for energy, such as lizards or birds. Decomposers are those that feed on dead animals, such as maggots and fungi.
They can easily survive without any other organisms. So, as a group, they are producers, consumers and decomposers.
They are all required to drive the carbon/energy cycle.