Food chains and webs Flashcards
1
Q
How come a secondary consumer doesn’t receive all the energy from it’s prey?
A
-Some energy is lost through urine
-Energy is lost through feces
-Some parts of the prey are indigestible e.g. teeth, hair
-Heat energy is lost to the surroundings
2
Q
Food webs
A
Food webs are interdependent, if one species changes it affects all the others