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3 years ago

Why doesn’t a stable ecosystem have more tertiary consumers than primary consumers?

1 answer:

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Tertiary consumers are usually big predators which
1) have a tendency to claim large territories for themselves
2) need more energy and thus eat more than primary consumers

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An atom of helium has a radius of 31. pm and the average orbital speed of the electrons in it is about $4.4\times 10^6m/s$ . Calculate the least possible uncertainty in a measurement of the speed of an electron in an atom of helium. Write your answer as a percentage of the average speed, and round it to 2 significant digits

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We are given:

Radius of helium atom = 31 pm = $31\times 10^{-12}m$ (Conversion factor: $1m=10^{12}pm$ )

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$\Delta x.\Delta p=\frac{h}{2\pi}$

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$\Delta p$ = uncertainty in momentum = $m\Delta v$

m = mass of electron = $9.1095\times 10^{-31}kg$

h = Planck's constant = $6.627\times 10^{-34}kgm^2/s^2$

Putting values in above equation, we get:

$64\times 10^{-12}m\times 9.1095\times 10^{-31}kg\times \Delta v=\frac{6.627\times 10^{-34}kgm^2/s}{2\times 3.14}\\\\\Delta v=\frac{6.627\times 10^{-34}kgm^2/s^2}{2\times 3.14\times 64\times 10^{-12}m\times 9.1095\times 10^{-31}kg}=1.81\times 10^6m/s$