How do predators get energy from the sun?

Answer 1

A carnivore does not get its energy from the sun directly. It is a secondary or tertiary consumer as part of a food chain. For example, plants get their energy from the sun, which makes them grow. These are called producers. Something then eats that plant (if edible) and that is what is known as the primary consumer, like mice eating corn. A carnivore eats animals lower on the food chains, usually the primary or secondary producers. For example, a cat would eat the mouse that ate the corn and then be a secondary consumer. A food chain is a transfer of energy from one organism to another by one eating another organism.

Answer 2

The caterpillar eats plants, and plants directly use the sun's energy to make their own food. The process the plant uses is called photosynthesis, and the caterpillar eats "sunlight" when it eats the plant, when looked at in this way.

Answer 3

All animals get energy from the sun by eating plants and using the food the plants make from the Sun's energy .
Plants get their energy directly from the Sun. Animals eat plants (or other animals), and thus get their energy indirectly from the Sun. Without the Sun, they wouldn't have anything to eat.

Answer 4

Predators do not directly get energy from the sun. Instead, they obtain energy by consuming other organisms that have already converted solar energy into chemical energy through photosynthesis. This energy is transferred up the food chain as predators consume prey.

Answer 5

Sun shines on plant

Plant absorbs energy by photosynthesis

Herbivore eats plant

Carnivore eats herbivore

Answer 6

Plants get their energy directly from the Sun. Animals eat plants (or other animals), and thus get their energy indirectly from the Sun. Without the Sun, they wouldn't have anything to eat.