ECOLOGY
ENERGY FLOW AND PRIMARY PRODUCTION
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from consumers to producers to the Sun to the atmosphere
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from producers to the atmosphere to consumers to the Sun
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from the Sun to producers to consumers to the atmosphere
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from the Sun to consumers to the atmosphere to producers
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Detailed explanation-1: -Energy is transferred between organisms in food webs from producers to consumers. The energy is used by organisms to carry out complex tasks. The vast majority of energy that exists in food webs originates from the sun and is converted (transformed) into chemical energy by the process of photosynthesis in plants.
Detailed explanation-2: -Primary producers use energy from the sun to produce their own food in the form of glucose, and then primary producers are eaten by primary consumers who are in turn eaten by secondary consumers, and so on, so that energy flows from one trophic level, or level of the food chain, to the next.
Detailed explanation-3: -(b) Energy enters plants from the sun during food production through photosynthesis. This energy is then passed on from one organism to another in a food chain. The energy given out by organisms as heat is lost in the environment and does not return to be used by plants again.
Detailed explanation-4: -The solar energy trapped by the plants is transformed to chemical energy through the process of photosynthesis. When the plants are consumed by the animals, the organic matter (chemical energy) is transferred to the animal, some amount of this organic matter is lost as heat through the process of respiration.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Flow of Energy Producers convert the sunlight into chemical energy or food. Consumers get some of that energy when they eat producers. They also pass some of the energy on to other consumers when they are eaten. In this way, energy flows from one living thing to another.