Question

In a food chain, with each feeding relationship, the energy transferred from one organism to another will.

Remain constant

Increase

Decrease

Be independent of the level

Answer 1

In a food chain, with each feeding relationship, the energy transferred from one organism to another will **decrease**. This is due to the "10% rule," which suggests that only about 10% of the energy from one trophic level is passed on to the next level; the rest is lost primarily through metabolic processes as heat.