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

Question

Because the sizes of each level show that 10% is consumed by organisms at that level.
Because 10% of the energy at each level moves to the next level and some additional energy is
converted to heat.
Because about 10% of the energy is converted to heat when organisms become ill and another
10% when they die.
Because 90% of the energy is passed on to the next level to be used by the organisms there.

Answer 1

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

This explanation reflects the concept of energy transfer in an ecological pyramid, where only about 10% of the energy from one trophic level is available to the next, while the rest is lost primarily through metabolic processes and as heat.