how much energy is lost 4rm producers to secondary consumers? I think between 80 and 90 percent.
What does 4rm mean? Who are secondary consumers? Consumers of what?
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Do you mean for example from a coal mine to a residential electricity consumer? If that is the case perhaps your 80 to 90 percent is reasonable.
If you just mean from the generator to the house I would guess closer to 50%
Secondary consumers = Carnivores = frog
Secondary consumers eat herbivores.
To determine how much energy is lost from producers to secondary consumers, we need to understand the concept of energy transfer through trophic levels in an ecosystem.
In an ecosystem, energy flows through different trophic levels. Producers, such as plants, capture sunlight and convert it into chemical energy through photosynthesis. This energy is stored in their tissues.
When primary consumers, such as herbivores, consume the producers, they obtain a portion of the stored energy. However, during the process of consuming and metabolizing, some energy is lost as heat, used for bodily functions, or passed through undigested waste.
Secondary consumers are organisms that eat primary consumers. Similarly, when secondary consumers consume primary consumers, they obtain energy, but some energy is again lost as heat, used for their own bodily functions, or expelled as waste. This energy loss occurs at each trophic level.
The amount of energy transferred from one trophic level to the next is typically estimated using the ecological rule of thumb known as the 10% rule. According to this rule, approximately 10% of the energy from one trophic level is transferred to the next trophic level.
So, if we start with 100 units of energy captured by the producers, only about 10 units of that energy will be transferred to the primary consumers. From that 10 units, only about 1 unit will be transferred to the secondary consumers.
Based on this, it is safe to say that energy loss from producers to secondary consumers is usually between 90 to 99 percent, rather than the suggested 80 to 90 percent. The exact percentage can vary depending on the specific ecosystem, but it is generally a small fraction of the original energy captured by the producers.