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The efficiency of each stage of energy production can be determined by?
Calculating the energy input and the energy output for each stage, and then comparing the two to calculate the efficiency. This can be done by dividing the energy output by the energy input and multiplying by 100 to get a percentage efficiency.
Why is each level of the energy pyriand smaller than the one below it?
Each level of an energy pyramid is smaller because energy is lost as it moves up the food chain. Organisms use some energy for growth, movement, and other life activities, and this energy is lost as heat through respiration. This means there is less energy available for the next trophic level.
What happens in each of the three stages that a thunderstorm might have?
In the cumulus stage, warm air rises, forming cumulus clouds. In the mature stage, updrafts and downdrafts create rain, thunder, and lightning. In the dissipating stage, the storm loses its energy as downdrafts prevail, leading to the storm's weakening and eventual end.
What does the term energy mean as it refers to ecosystems?
Energy pyramids are always slopping because less energy is transferred from each level than was paid into it. The plants and other green organisms produce the food for the web. But they need to use some of the energy for growth and for reproduction (90%).That leaves about 10% for the next level. That level also needs energy for growth and reproduction, so that leaves 10% of that first 10% for the third level.Since this works this way, each level is smaller and smaller. The number of species at each level competes for food with the others in that level.
What happens to water in each stage of the cycle?
Water gets converted into different state. It is done at each stage.
Why the energy arrows get smaller at each stage. What happens to the lost energy?
Energy arrows get smaller at each stage in an energy pyramid because energy is lost as heat through metabolic processes during each transfer of energy from one trophic level to the next. The lost energy is used for respiration, movement, and other metabolic functions by the organisms in each trophic level.
Do arrows in a food web show how energy is released at each stage?
No it does'nt it shows how energy flows
What is the definition of a multi-stage rocket?
A rocket that has several stages,each smaller than the last.
The efficiency of each stage of energy production can be determined by?
Calculating the energy input and the energy output for each stage, and then comparing the two to calculate the efficiency. This can be done by dividing the energy output by the energy input and multiplying by 100 to get a percentage efficiency.
Which section of an energy pyramid is the largest and Why?
A pyramid is bigger at the bottom and small and pointy at the top. so its bigger at the bottom, otherwise it would have been called an energy upside-down pyramid =). But anyway, energy enters a food chain from the sun. some energy and biomass is lost at each stage of a food chain as feaces, movement energy and heat energy (especiall birds and mammals). therefore only a small amount of energy and biomass is incorporated into a consumer's body and transferred to the next feeding level. the loss of energy and biomass at each stage is a representation of why the pyramid gets smaller at the top.
Which is the main process transferring energy to the surroundings at each stage in the food chain?
At each stage in the food chain, the main process transferring energy to the surroundings is metabolism. Organisms convert food into energy through metabolic processes, releasing heat as a byproduct, which is then transferred to the surroundings.
Why is each level of the energy pyriand smaller than the one below it?
Each level of an energy pyramid is smaller because energy is lost as it moves up the food chain. Organisms use some energy for growth, movement, and other life activities, and this energy is lost as heat through respiration. This means there is less energy available for the next trophic level.
What happens in each of the three stages that a thunderstorm might have?
In the cumulus stage, warm air rises, forming cumulus clouds. In the mature stage, updrafts and downdrafts create rain, thunder, and lightning. In the dissipating stage, the storm loses its energy as downdrafts prevail, leading to the storm's weakening and eventual end.
Why elements emit smaller wavelength?
Elements emit smaller wavelength because of the specific energy transitions of their electrons. When electrons move to lower energy levels, they release photons with higher energy, corresponding to smaller wavelengths. This emission of smaller wavelength light is characteristic of each element and can be used to identify them through techniques like spectroscopy.
What does a line look like in math?
a line with arrows on each end. it must have points in between the two arrows
How many arrows are on a bowling lane?
> here is exactly 12 arrows in each bowling lane Actually, there are 7 arrows on a standard 10-pin bowling lane.
What does the width of the arrows in force tell you about the forces?
The width of the arrows tell you that they add together, subtract from each other, and cancel each other out.by Hamna Ilyas
