ECOLOGY
ENERGY FLOW AND THE FOOD CHAIN
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cheese
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wheat made into flour
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tomatoes
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the Sun
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Detailed explanation-1: -The sun is the source of energy in the food chain. Solar energy is used by producers or plants to synthesize their own food through photosynthesis. The plants are then consumed by organisms of the higher trophic level leading to the transmission of energy. Was this answer helpful?
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Explanation: The food chain begins with the sun: plants get their energy by photosynthesizing sunlight into energy, and then herbivores eat those plants to get their energy. Carnivores who then eat the herbivores are getting that sunlight passed along from sun to plant to herbivore to carnivore.
Detailed explanation-4: -Plants use a process called photosynthesis to make food. During photosynthesis, plants trap light energy with their leaves. Plants use the energy of the sun to change water and carbon dioxide into a sugar called glucose.