Food chains and webs Flashcards

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How come a secondary consumer doesn’t receive all the energy from it’s prey?

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-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

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Food webs

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Food webs are interdependent, if one species changes it affects all the others

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