in 1 to 3 sentences answer the following question In a food pyramid, there is typically less biomass at the top (i.e., there are very few individual tertiary consumers, whereas there are numerous individual producers). In three to five sentences, explain this phenomenon, citing evidence relating to energy flow and how plants support ecosystems. right it like a 6th grader.
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In a food pyramid, there are less animals that eat other animals (tertiary consumers) at the top compared to the plants at the bottom. This is because energy flows from the plants to the animals, and not all the energy gets transferred from one level to the next. Plants get energy from the sun and make their own food through a process called photosynthesis. This means they have lots of energy to support themselves and the other animals that eat them. However, when an animal eats another animal, only some of the energy from the food gets stored in the predator's body, so there are fewer of them.
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In a food pyramid, there are fewer animals at the top because energy is not efficiently transferred from one level to the next, with plants capturing more energy through photosynthesis to support themselves and the animals that eat them. As a result, there are more individual producers (plants) than individual tertiary consumers (animals) in an ecosystem.
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