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The answer is complex and rather surprising. The plants get their energy to grow from the Sun, they use photosynthesis to trap the energy in sunlight to make sugars (out of water and Carbon Dioxide from the air) which then go into the making of the plants leaves and stems.
Cow graze on these leaves and stems but they can not use the energy in them directly. They chew them up and then pass the ground up bits into a special stomach (cows have 4 stomachs) where microorganisms break down this material and multiply on this food as they do so.
The cow then passes the fermented broth into others of its stomachs where it digests the microorganisms, incorporating their nutrients into its body.
Thus the energy a cow gets comes intally from the Sun, which is stored by plants, which is then used by microorganisms which is then used by the cow.
If you were then to eat the cow then the energy enabling you to move would have come from the Sun.
What else can I help you with?
Is a cow a consumer a producer or a decomposer?
cow is producer
How do animals get energy from sunlight?
By eating plants.
Does cellulose carbohydrate provides energy for cow but only dietary fiber for humans?
Cellulose
What initial source of energy land-dwelling living creatures depend on?
Land-dwelling living creatures primarily depend on the sun as the initial source of energy through photosynthesis. Plants convert sunlight into chemical energy through photosynthesis, which is then consumed by animals for energy.
How does energy get into an ecosystem?
begins at the sun, where primary producers (plants) convert it into usable energy by photsynthesis.
What type of energy conversion take place in order to have energy stored in grass for cows to eat?
From the feed, forage or roughage they eat.
What is differnce between autotrophs and hetrotrophs?
Autotrophs make their own food using chlorophyll, (sunlight energy) whereas; hetrotrophs don't. Hetrotrophs feed off other living things. e.g. -a plant absorbs sunlight to grow, release and store (so the plant is an autotroph) -a cow then eats the plant and the energy is transferred (so the cow is a hetrotroph) - a human then eats the cow and the energy is, once again, transferred (so the human is a hetrotroph) - the energy is then lost as heat
How can cow dung and sunlight create electricity?
Biomass
What is energy from sunlight called?
Energy from sunlight is called solar energy
How does a cockroach get energy from sunlight?
How does a cockroach get energy from the sunlight
How does energy pass from cow to cow?
Energy is passed from cow to cow through the food chain. Cows consume plants as their primary energy source. When one cow eats plants, it metabolizes the energy from the plants, which then gets transferred to other cows that might consume that cow as food. This flow of energy from one cow to another is known as the transfer of energy through trophic levels in a food chain.
Why a human eating beef from a cow would not gain all the energy that was stored in the leaves?
A little bit of energy is lost at each trophic level. For example, leaves do not collect all of the energy in sunlight; there are inefficiencies and limitations in photosynthesis which prevent this from occurring. The leaves themselves use the energy that they do collect to power cellular processes and "feed" the plant to which they are attached. By the time the cow arrives on the scene, a great deal of energy has already been lost. And the inefficiencies of the cow's own digestive processes prevent the cow from utilizing all of the energy she does collect by eating the leaves. Cows are notoriously inefficient as converters of food to muscle and fat. So by the time the cow is done with it, the amount of energy originally supplied by the grass is dramatically reduced. Our own digestive inefficiencies mean that we ultimately acquire only a fraction of the energy stored in the beef, which in turn had only a fraction of the energy stored in the leaves, which in turn had only a fraction of the energy provided by the sunlight.
Is sunlight an energy?
Yes. Sunlight is a naturel energy. A lightbulb is a manmade energy.
Does sunlight contain energy?
Yes, sunlight contains energy in the form of electromagnetic radiation. This energy is essential for photosynthesis in plants, which converts sunlight into chemical energy. Additionally, sunlight can be converted into electricity using solar panels.
Where does cow energy initially come from?
Energy for the cow initially comes from the plants she eats and digests.
How do you chloroplasts get energy from sunlight?
They have photosynthetic pigments.They absorb energy of sunlight.
How much more energy does a lactating cow need than a dry cow?
Typically a lactating cow will eat 50% more than a dry cow would. As for energy needs, a lactating cow needs around 15% more energy than dry cows do.
