Question

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Which could be the primary source of energy in a food web?



A.
fungus

B.
raccoon

C.
praying mantis

D.
clover
IT IS A?

Answer 1

Hello Hello !!

Answer 2

what do you think?

Answer 3

So what eats, and provides as food for other animals in this case?

Answer 4

Why do you think it should be A. What should be the primary source, a photosynthetic plant or a heterotrophic fungus?

Answer 5

what is the primary source of energy for food web you know of? in general

Answer 6

Plant and fugus

Answer 7

Why fungus?
Is it photosynthetic?
Does it produce food?

Answer 8

I just guessed that most resenable one to me. I also think it can be D.

Answer 9

its true that its plant
but
what is it in plant that make it 'a primary source of energy'?

Answer 10

there is one very important reason
try to remember it

Answer 11

THe praying mantis eat the clover

Answer 12

and what eats the mantis?

Answer 13

the raccon

Answer 14

erm
its not about that...

Answer 15

read questions asked by @Abhisar
thats what decides being 'primary source of energy'

Answer 16

Ik

Answer 17

okay look i'll try to explain
first of all the VERY primary source of energy is actually SUN
now
what can use this energy?
can we use it?
nope - our cells are not specialized to absorb sunlight and use it to make food for us

there is a structure specialized to carry out this is vital to ALL living (well almost all <.<)
what is it?
Chloroplast
Chloroplast is the site of what kind of reaction?
you might have guessed it
yep, Photosynthesis!!!
Photosynthesis is the process by which a plant makes food using Sunlight + water + carbon dioxide

and ends up making glucose molecules which the are converted to sucrose which then is converted to Starch

as you know these are 'energy' for majority of living things
specially for living things which obtain their energy ONLY by eating plants

so these animals eat the plant - get the energy
now the other animals that cant eat plant (meaning they cant digest it) - cant get energy directly from plant
so they get it indirectly from animal thats eats plant
and then the other animal will eat this one
and so on and so forth
the chain keeps going until energy to be be passed on from one organism to another finishes off

so bottom line here is the abolity to carry out photosynthesis & making its own food by this process is what decides whether it is a primary source of energy or is not

Answer 18

SPEAK ENGLISH!!