In a food chain, with each feeding relationship, the energy transferred from one organism to another will(1 point)

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remain constant.
remain constant.

increase.
increase.

be independent of the level.
be independent of the level.

decrease................

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 second law of thermodynamics, which states that energy is lost as heat at each trophic level, and therefore not all energy from one level is passed to the next. Typically, only about 10% of the energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next.