How do plants and animals obtain energy?

Question

How do plants and animals obtain energy?

Answer 1

plants obtain their energy through the roots from thesoil and some energies like solar from nature.

but animal obtain energy from different sourcesand in different ways.but theyget only 10% of their food's energy.

Answer 2

Plants obtain energy from photo-synthesis, which is the tranfromation of CO2 to O2 and sugar,(with the exeption of plants like the venus fly trap.) Animals usually require food from eating other animals or plants. The nutrients absorbed will keep the animal alive.

Answer 3

Plants obtain energy by absorbing light energy.

Animals obtain energy by feeding on plants or other animals.

Answer 4

Animals obtain their nutrients through a broad variety of feeding patterns. Many animal species, such as sponges, feed on small particles of food that enter their pores. Other aquatic organisms, such as sea cucumbers, wave their tentacles about and trap food on their sticky surfaces. Mollusks, such as clams and oysters, feed by filtering materials through a layer of mucus in their gills. Other animal species, such as certain arthropods, feed exclusively on fluids.

Some animals feed on food masses, and they usually have organs for seizing, chewing, and consuming food. Herbivores are animals that eat plants, while carnivores are animals that eat other animals. Omnivores, which consume both plants and animals, are typified by humans.

Living systems require a continuous input of energy to maintain their chemical and physical organization since the universal tendency is toward more disorganized states. The energy for life primarily derives from the Sun. Plants capture energy by absorbing light and using it to form strong (covalent) chemical bonds between the atoms of carbon-containing molecules. These molecules can be used to assemble larger molecules (e.g., DNA, proteins, sugars, fats). In addition, the energy stored in the bonds between the atoms can be used as sources of energy for life processes.