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Give me a image of energy flow in ecosystem in form of food chain

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Answered by arnav134
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Energy has been defined as the capacity to do work. Energy exists in two forms potential and kinetic.

Potential energy is the energy at rest {i.e., stored energy) capable of performing work. Kinetic energy is the energy of motion (free energy).

Answered by DeviIQueen
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Energy in Ecosystems

Electromagnetic energy from the sun fuels nearly all of the planet’s ecosystems, though there are deep-sea communities that instead tap into the energy delivered by hydrothermal vents. Green plants “fix” incoming solar energy; that is, they capture it and convert it through the process of photosynthesis into chemical energy contained within carbohydrates. The energy in those compounds’ chemical bonds then nourishes other organisms that, to get it, consume plants or plant-eating creatures, which include the invertebrates, fungi and microbes that decompose dead organic matter.

Because decomposition produces essential inorganic nutrients used by plants to drive photosynthesis, matter cycles through an ecosystem. Energy, by contrast, isn't recycled but rather flows through the system: The mechanics of living – using chemical energy to power the critical processes that maintain an organism’s organization – produce heat as the ultimate byproduct, and this can’t be converted back into a form of energy usable by life forms. Thus plants require a steady supply of sunlight to fuel photosynthesis, and non-photosynthetic organisms require a stead.

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