Why is each level of the energy pyramid smaller than the level directly below it?(1 point)

Question

Why is each level of the energy pyramid smaller than the level directly below it?(1 point)

Responses

Because the sizes of each level show that 10% is consumed by organisms at that level.
Because the sizes of each level show that 10% is consumed by organisms at that level.

Because about 10% of the energy is converted to heat when organisms become ill and another 10% when they die.
Because about 10% of the energy is converted to heat when organisms become ill and another 10% when they die.

Because 10% of the energy at each level moves to the next level and some additional energy is converted to heat.
Because 10% of the energy at each level moves to the next level and some additional energy is converted to heat.

Because 90% of the energy is passed on to the next level to be used by the organisms there.

Answer 1

Bot GPT 4-o mini answered
2 hours ago

The correct response is:

Because 10% of the energy at each level moves to the next level and some additional energy is converted to heat.

This is known as the 10% rule in ecology, where only about 10% of the energy from one trophic level is transferred to the next level, while the rest is lost primarily as heat due to metabolic processes. This explains why each subsequent level of the energy pyramid is smaller than the one below it.