Question Which of the following best explains why energy transfer in a food web is described as a pyramid?(1 point) Responses Energy is lost at each trophic level, with less energy available to organisms higher up in the pyramid. Energy is lost at each trophic level, with less energy available to organisms higher up in the pyramid. There are more producers than consumers in an ecosystem. There are more producers than consumers in an ecosystem. Tertiary consumers receive the most energy in an ecosystem. Tertiary consumers receive the most energy in an ecosystem. The shape of the pyramid represents the physical structure of ecosystems.
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The best explanation for why energy transfer in a food web is described as a pyramid is: Energy is lost at each trophic level, with less energy available to organisms higher up in the pyramid.
This reflects the idea that as energy moves through the food web, only a fraction of the energy (typically about 10%) is transferred from one trophic level to the next, resulting in a pyramid shape that illustrates the diminishing energy available to higher trophic levels.
