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41HeartsAllGone182
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41HeartsAllGone182 asked in Science & MathematicsPhysics · 8 years ago

Food chains: why some energy in the primary consumers is not passed on to the secondary consumers?

give 3 reasons why some energy in the primary consumers is not passed on to the secondary consumers?

thanks

Update:

also:

suggest 2 reasons why a large proportion of the energy is not transferred to sugar

cheers!

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago
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    because energy is lost in each stage of the food chain via movement, excrement, respiration, keeping warm etc..

  • wilcoxson
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    Primary Consumers

    Source(s): https://shrinke.im/a9MPJ
  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    an organism use most of it's energy to live.. metabolic processes, heat, movement, etc.

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