Energy decreases as we move up the food chain or web. This is due to the inefficiency of energy transfer between trophic levels, where only about 10% of the energy is passed on to the next level, while the rest is lost as heat and used for metabolic processes.
What happens to energy as we move from one step to another in a chain or web?
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Energy increases as we move up the food chain or web
Energy decreases as we move up the food chain or web
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