<span>As new discoveries are made, existing theories are revised or replaced.</span>
<span>Energy is transferred through the separate trophic levels of a food chain or web by feeding.The first trophic level (producers) is that of plants which are examples of autotrophs – they make their own food. Photosynthesis occurs when the plants use solar energy and convert it into chemical energy so it can be stored in a carbon compound. Once this has happened the energy can be taken up by the primary consumers – these are in the second trophic level (herbivores and omnivores). Secondary consumers also need to gain energy in some way, and this is by eating the primary consumers that have gained energy from the producers, this means that the second trophic level has successfully transferred energy into the third level containing omnivores and carnivores. A succession in energy transferral means that a food web or food chain has a tertiary and/or quaternary trophic level which can contain carnivores and omnivores which are plant and animal eaters (this includes humans).This transfer in energy is fairly efficient for the organisms involved as around 10% of light energy that is converted into chemical energy through photosynthesis is transferred through the trophic levels, the rest is lost in respiration, as heat, faeces and urine. Not all of the energy can be passed along a food web or chain as it must be used in other things too, so it cannot be 100% efficient.</span>
Answer:
This is when the concentration in a solution have both the reactants and products equal.
Explanation:
An equilibrium This is when the concentration in a solution have both the reactants and products equal. It ca also be said that, equilibrium is when both the forward and reverse reactions occur at equal rates.
Answer:
Anion Gained 3 18
Cation Lost 2 36
Cation Lost 3 23
Explanation:
Looking at the ionic notation, the negative symbol (-) indicates that there are more electrons than protons and the positive symbol (+) indicates that there are more protons than electrons.
The number tells you how many was gained or lost.
To determine how many electrons are left, you base this off how many protons there are. The number of protons in an atom is expressed by the atomic number. In a stable atom, you have an equal number of protons and electrons.
Ions occur when electrons are gained or lost.
A cation is positively charged because it LOST an electron. Since there are more protons than electrons, the charge would be positive.
An anion is negatively charged because it gained an electron. Since there are more electrons than protons, the charge would be negative.
Using the explanation above, you can see how the answers were obtained. As for the last column, just use basic math to do this.
The atomic number of Phosphorus (P) is 15, so this means that there are 15 protons. Since it gained 3 electrons, just add 3 to 15:
15 + 3 = 18
Sr has an atomic number 38. Since it lost 2 electrons, just subtract 2 from the atomic number.
38-2 = 36
Fe has an atomic number 26. It lost 3 electrons, so we subtract again.
26-3 = 23
