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Why Only a small amount of energy stored in food is available to the next organism in a food chain?
Because 90% of the energy acquired is used for life functions, such as respiration, healing injuries, growth etc. So when the animal dies only some of the original energy is still in the body. And when the next animal goes to eat it some of the original energy is locked away in indigestible things like bones. So only 10% of the original energy is able to passed onto the next animal. I'm pretty sure that's what you were asking for...
How is a nutrient cycle different from a energy pyramid?
It all depends on the plants because plants give off energy to a organism and then that organism gives it to another organism and the process continues.
Name the organism that is the source of all food in an ecosystem-?
An organism that is the source of all food in an ecosystem is called a producer. A consumer gets its energy by feeding on other organisms.
What does an energy pyramid represents Which principle of ecology?
An energy pyramid is the graphical representation of the trophic levels (nutritional) by which the incoming solar energy is transferred into an ecosystem. The source of energy for living beings on Earth is the Sun.
How is the amount of energy on earth kept constant when only 10 percent of the organisms available energy is transferred to the next level?
Solar radiation is always hitting the earth. The earth absorbs all kinds of this radiation; plants absorb light, surfaces absorb heat, etc. The earth itself radiates energy back into space, too.
Explain why only 10 percent of the engery available at one trophic level is transferred to the next higher trophic level?
Energy is lost as heat during metabolic processes, limiting the amount of energy transferred to the next trophic level. Additionally, not all organisms at a lower trophic level are consumed by organisms at the next trophic level, further reducing energy transfer efficiency. This results in only about 10% of the energy being transferred to the next trophic level.
Why Only a small amount of energy stored in food is available to the next organism in a food chain?
Because 90% of the energy acquired is used for life functions, such as respiration, healing injuries, growth etc. So when the animal dies only some of the original energy is still in the body. And when the next animal goes to eat it some of the original energy is locked away in indigestible things like bones. So only 10% of the original energy is able to passed onto the next animal. I'm pretty sure that's what you were asking for...
What happens as you move up energy the pyramid?
Basically only 1/10 of the energy from the previous organism is absorbed into the body of the consumer while the other 9/10 is burned up when used for energy by the previous organism. If there is some grass with 100 energy and it gets eaten by a herbivore, the herbivore only receives 10% of the ORIGINAL energy (so the herbivore will have 10 energy.) The animal that will eat the herbivore will only receive 1 energy from the ORIGINAL energy source. The next consumer of the previous organism will only get 0.1 energy from the ORIGINAL energy source and so on.
Is energy transferred and how?
Energy can be transferred in many different ways; for instance, heat energy can be transferred by conduction, convection and radiation; energy can be transferred by electrical energy, or by sound, light, or by several other waves; a moving object (which has all sorts of types of energy) will change its position; etc.
Do all organisms get there energy from the sun?
No, not all organisms get their energy directly from the sun. While organisms like plants use sunlight to produce energy through photosynthesis, other organisms like animals get their energy by consuming plants or other animals. This creates a food chain where energy is transferred from one organism to another.
Do all organism use energy?
Yes.
Can kinetic energy be transferred to another object?
Yes, kinetic energy can be transferred from one object to another through collisions or direct contact. When an object in motion collides with another object, some or all of its kinetic energy can be transferred.
What will happen when you put objects of different temperatures next to one another?
Heat energy will be transferred from the hotter objects to cooler objects until they are all at the same temperature.
Why are ecological pyramids shaped like pyramids?
The energy pyramid is shaped like a triangle to show how not all the energy of one organism transfers to the next level. The triangle decreases in size going up as does the amount of energy transferred. A graphical model that is shaped like a pyramid to show how the energy flows through a food chain, how the amount of energy is decreasing and becoming less available for organisms as it enters each trophic level, and how much of the energy in the ecosystem is lost to the atmosphere as heat.
what do nearly all organism get their energy from why?
the sun, because...
What is the energy that is not transferred into growth is lost?
The energy not transferred into growth is lost as heat. This is due to inefficiencies in physiological processes, such as cellular respiration, where not all energy is converted into usable forms for growth and development.
Is energy transferred to earth by moving vehicles?
yes, but as the directions of all the car is random the net energy transferred is probably so close to zero it doesn't matter.
