How can energy be lost from a food web?
Total energy is always constant; however, on the other hand, it is possible to convert useful energy into useless energy. This is an irreversible process, so for all practical purposes, this energy is "lost". It still exists as some type of energy (usually heat), but it can no longer be used.
Technically yes it could however it would take a very long time for the deer to become deceased. For the hawk to kill the deer it would have to rip and tear at the deer until it bleeds out.
So the answer is yes but a very unlikely situation.
Why are plants always at the bottom of the food chain?
Usually, yes, as most plants are unable to consume other organisms. However, there are exceptions to be found in plants such as the famous Venus Fly Trap.
How does the puffer fish hunt its food?
Like many auks, puffins eat both fish and zooplankton, but feed their chicks primarily with small marine fish several times a day. The prey species of the Atlantic Puffin include the sandeel, herring and capelin.[15][16] The puffins are distinct in their ability to hold several (sometimes over a dozen) small fish at a time, crosswise in their bill, rather than regurgitating swallowed fish. This allows them to take longer foraging trips, since they can come back with more food energy for their chick than a bird that can only carry one fish at a time. In August, children from Iceland walk around the neighbourhood with boxes to help puffins that land in dangerous spots.
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Why are plants able to use energy from the sun to create food for other life forms?
The process is known as photosynthesis. And then they taste delicious.
What types of organisms make up the base middle and top of a food web?
Typically what start's the food web is producers like the phytoplankton. And then the middle would be a consumer like a squid.Then finally the top would be a predator like a killer whale.
Why do most food chains not contain over 4 or 5 organisms in the food chain?
Food chains can be seen in a energy pyramid. There are rarely more than three or more links since each predators are more dominant than others. This also means that particular of animals are barely been eaten from other predators. In addition, through the energy pyramid, the reason why is because 10% of it's energy in each trophic level is used and 90% of it is lost which results of no more than four or five links ( Tertiary/ Quatinery consumers).
Which group of organism make up the largest part of a food chain?
The part of the food chain that needs the most energy to live is the... All of the species on the bottom, because if their on the bottom they are small, so they need more energy to run and hide.
What is the food chain for the deciduous forest?
The main one would be a hawk or a wolf
then a rabbit or smaller animals
then grass,nuts or any plants
it all depends what kind of animals
What is the original source of energy for all animals in the food web?
the sun is the beginning of all food chains
leaf bugs enjoy Eucalyptus leaves the best but also enjoy Raspberry Leaves. Im positive they enjoy other leaves as well, they receive their water from the vegetation and are kept as pets , expected life of one year.
Explain what happens to environmental poisons as you move up the food chain?
They accumulate as you move up the food chain because,They travel from organism to organism.For example,it may enter a food chain when it's absorbed by a plankton,and the pollutant is passed on to which ever organism eats the plankton,and it keeps on going on. By The Way,the person who just answered this is in gr.7 my name is ar$h!
What are food chains that are connected in a community called?
Food chains link together when sorting the predators to the herbavores and such with arrows starting at one creature and ending at its prey and its prey and so on forming a food web.
Wild hedgehogs hunt for their food. Pet hedgehogs walk over to the food dish.
Is a bull a consumer producer or decomposer?
bisons are animals that feed on plants. plants are producers. therefore, bisons are consumers
What is the main food of blue whales?
Its favorite food is "Krill". An Adult blue whale can kill upto 40 million krill per day. They can eat nearly 3500 kilograms of krill in a single day. They need nearly 1.5 million kilocalories of energy per day and so, they nearly eat nonstop. Small fish, crustaceans and squids too get caught when they trap krill in their mouth.
They scoop up large quantities of water into their mouth along with krill and other small aquatic creatures and then filters and push the water out. All remaining animals are swallowed.
What do a food web and marine food web have in common?
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Plankton --------> Krill -----------> Whale shark
If you extend this food chain it becomes a Food WebBiomagnification
How would a food web be affected if a species disappear from an ecosystem?
All the other animals would die on the food web because there food disappeared! its a chain reaction
How does the decline in the number of tigers effect food chain?
If the number of tigers drop, then the number of (for example) gazelles would increase because they are not being eaten by tigers. However, since there are more gazelles eating the same amount of grass, then there would be less grass, causing some gazelles to starve. The reduction of grass would also cause the top soil to dry out which would affect the worms. Which could possibly change the birds' diet. Which could affect the number of eggs they lay. Which could affect the number of eggs people eat. And on and on.