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Trophic levels are the positions of organisms in a food chain. Energy is transferred through the trophic levels through ingestion at each level.
Lincoln Wolf
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∙ 14y agoIt is transferred by a system that enables the organism from the previous trophic level to obtain 90% of the energy, while yielding 10% to the successive organism.
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Which term best describes energy transfer between trophic levels?
when energy is transferred to a higher trophic level some of the energy is trued into heat and is released
What roles do trophic levels play in the transfer of energy within food chains and food webs?
Trophic levels play a significant role in the transfer of energy within food chains and food webs. Each organism has a position n the trophic level and energy is transferred through succession.
Why do different trophic levels have different amounts of energy?
Some energy transferred at each successive trophic level enters the environment as heat.
How iss energey transferred alonge the foodchain?
it goes through trophic levels (which is each level of the pyramid ot web or chain) The energy changes from each trophic level
Why are matter and engery transferred through an ecosytem?
Energy must be transformed within ecosystems so that it is made available to other organisms. Energy is produced by producing organisms at the lowest trophic level, and then moves up to higher trophic levels to other consuming organisms.
What proportion of energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next in the ecosystem?
Only about ten percent of energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next in an ecosystem. This is why the amount of animals in higher levels is smaller.
What proportion of the energy in the ecosystem is transferred from one trophic level to the next?
Only about ten percent of energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next in an ecosystem. This is why the amount of animals in higher levels is smaller.
When heat energy is transferred between trophic levels. what is always given off to the environment?
heat
What proportions of energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next in an ecosystem?
Only about ten percent of energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next in an ecosystem. This is why the amount of animals in higher levels is smaller.
When energy is transferred between trophic levels the amount of available energy lost is about?
9o% of energy is lost at each level
Why do different levels have different amounts of energy?
Some energy transferred at each successive trophic level enters the environment as heat.
What variables always decreases as it flows through the trophic levels?
Energy
