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Pretty much all of the energy that enters an ecosystem is solar energy. For a long time, it was thought that every ecosystem on the planet was solar based, but in the past few years an ecosystem was discovered on the bottom of the ocean where absolutely no sunlight reached. There were microscopic organisms that fed of of the sulfur that was being expelled by thermal exhaust vents. There were shrimp that fed off of these and several other species of animals lived off of the microorganisms and shrimp creating an ecosystem that did not rely on sunlight whatsoever.
Energy is used in organisms by transferring energy into mechanical and thermal energy. Anything an animal does requires energy so this is how it is used.
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When energy is transferred in an ecosystem potential energy is lost as?
heat
When gasoline in a engine some of the chemical energy is transformed into mechanical energy but most of the energy is lost in the form of what?
Heat
When one organism eat another organism a great deal of energy is lost in the form of?
A great deal of energy is lost in the form of heat.
What actually is Lost energy?
According to the law of conservation of energy, energy can't really get lost. The term "lost energy" really refers to energy changing from a high-value form to a lower value form, i.e., to a form in which it is no longer useful.
In what form is energy usually lost when it is being converted from one form to another?
Heat or light. By the way, the energy is not 'lost', but rather turned into a different form of energy.
How energy lost in an ecosystem?
Heat energy
What form of energy is lost by moving from producer to consumer to decomposer in a ecosystem?
heat
Is the energy stored in the feces lost to the ecosystem why or why not?
The energy contained in the feces is not lost from the ecosystem. It can still be consumed by decomposers.
When energy is transferred in an ecosystem potential energy is lost as?
heat
What is energy that is lost at each trophic level of an ecosystem is replenished?
Energy that is lost at each trophic level of an ecosystem is replenished by the producers. The producers get it from the sun.
Everytime that energy is transferrerd in an ecosystem potential energy is lost as what?
heat
Energy flow in an ecosystem is not cyclic because energy is?
lost as heat or used
What percentage of energy is lost or gained from one stage to the next in an ecosystem?
90 % is lost.
When gasoline in a engine some of the chemical energy is transformed into mechanical energy but most of the energy is lost in the form of what?
Heat
Energy is lost from a reaction in a form of what?
energy of a reaction will be lost in the form of heat.
When one organism eat another organism a great deal of energy is lost in the form of?
A great deal of energy is lost in the form of heat.
What is the over all flow of energy through an ecosystem?
Energy in an ecosystem flows in whats called the 10% rule. Meaning, as you move up the pyramid 10% of energy is lost.
