1) At each link in the chain, energy is being transferred from one animal to another. ... So food chains make a full circle, and energy is passed from plant to animal to animal to decomposer and back to plant! There can be many links in food chains but not TOO many
With gases they escape into the atmosphere so u cant move it around withoulosing some. With liquids sometimes they get spilled or little bit gets left at the bottom of the original container