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it doesnt receive the least energy per animal but on a whole as a species, the top of the food chain tends to have the smallest population so it doesnt need as much energy to keep on living also only 10% or there abouts of the energy animals lower down on the food chain take in is available through eating them the remainder is spent on living (growth repair reproduction movement) and some is wasted like the energy in bones and fur and what the animal poops out basically hope this helped

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What organism in the soil food chain do not get energy?

Detritivores in the soil food chain do not directly get energy, but they play a crucial role in breaking down organic matter into simpler forms for decomposition by decomposers. These decomposers then release nutrients back into the soil, which can be utilized by plants for energy production.


What is transferred from organism to organism in a food chain?

Energy is transferred from organism to organism in a food chain. This energy comes from the sun, is captured by producers (plants), and is passed on to consumers (animals) as they eat other organisms in the chain.


What limits the number of links in a food chain?

The number of links in a food chain is limited by the amount of available energy. As energy is transferred up the food chain, only about 10% is passed on to the next level. This inefficiency limits the number of trophic levels that can be sustained in a food chain.


Where is there the least amount of energy in the food chain?

The decomposers at the bottom of the food chain have the least amount of energy because they rely on breaking down dead organic matter to obtain nutrients. These organisms play a vital role in recycling nutrients back into the ecosystem.


Why each tropic level didn't receive full amount of available energy?

Once an organism consumes a living thing, it gets energy from it. In a food pyramid, only 10% of the energy is passed on to the consumer. For example if an organism had 1000 calories of energy in it, and it was eaten, the predator would have gotten 10% of 1000 or 100 calories. If an animal eats that animal, it gets 10% of 100 in energy; 10 calories. And so on... NOTE- This is why food pyramids have so few tropic levels

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What do animal receive through a food chain?

The energy from the stage before it. e.g. plants get energy from the sun through photosynthesis, and herbivores get energy from the plants through consumption.


Why does the last animal in the food chain receives the least amount of energy?

it doesnt receive the least energy per animal but on a whole as a species, the top of the food chain tends to have the smallest population so it doesnt need as much energy to keep on living also only 10% or there abouts of the energy animals lower down on the food chain take in is available through eating them the remainder is spent on living (growth repair reproduction movement) and some is wasted like the energy in bones and fur and what the animal poops out basically hope this helped


The amount of energy that is transferred at each level of the food chain is about?

It depends on the activity of the animal in question but it is usually around 10%.


How does the amount of energy change in a food chain?

The energy will go down because the energy keeps getting stored in the cells of the plants or animal that has the energy, so when an other animal eats that plant or animal it gets less of the energy the other creature has. An energy pyramid starts at the bottom with a producer. This is it's widest point, because it has the most energy.


What organism in the soil food chain do not get energy?

Detritivores in the soil food chain do not directly get energy, but they play a crucial role in breaking down organic matter into simpler forms for decomposition by decomposers. These decomposers then release nutrients back into the soil, which can be utilized by plants for energy production.


Why is there more energy at the bottom of an energy chain than at the top?

Any animal uses up most of the energy it eats; only a small amount of energy gets stored in its tissues (especially muscles, i.e., the meat we eat).


How does the nutrients and energy pass from animal to animal in the food chain?

eat another energy pass only 10 percent


Where does all the energy in the food chain come from?

Because when you eat you get energy and a food chain tells you which animal eats what


In any food chain the total amount of energy always?

The energy flux of a food chain goes from producer to decomposer. The energy flux along the food chain is always unilateral.


How industrial malpractices on the minamata bay tragedy lead to the disruption of the natural food chain in the area as well as the health profile of the people living in it?

It seems it show that the food chain is only limited And they receive small amount if energy


What is transferred from organism to organism in a food chain?

Energy is transferred from organism to organism in a food chain. This energy comes from the sun, is captured by producers (plants), and is passed on to consumers (animals) as they eat other organisms in the chain.


What is the series of steps that show the transfer of energy among living things?

transfer of energy among living organisms is evident in food chain because the producers receive the most energy while the consumers receive less and less energy depends on its position in the food chain.