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Of energy gained compare to the amount of energy lost as heat at the second through fourth trophic levels?
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∙ 14y ago
As you climb trophic levels the general amount of energy lost is 90% so you get about 1/10 of the energy that was consumed by the animal per trophic level.
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How is energy is transferred through trophic levels?
Trophic levels are the positions of organisms in a food chain. Energy is transferred through the trophic levels through ingestion at each level.
Why can each trophic level support only about one tenth the amount of the living tissue of the level below?
This is because energy is lost at each trophic level. The energy available to the next trophic level is about 10% of the energy of the previous trophic level.
What the most energy efficient part of a trophic pyramid?
It is the part that has the least amount of energy in the trophic pyramid. An owl or skunk would be an example of this.
Why do different trophic level have different amount of energy?
Some energy transferred at each successive trophic level enters the environment as heat.
Why can each trophic level support only about one tenth the amount of living tissue of the level below?
This is because energy is lost at each trophic level (from all the activity done by that level, e.g., running, climbing, fighting) . The energy available to the next trophic level is about 10% of the energy of the previous trophic level.
What happens to the energy that is not passed through the trophic levels of an energy pyramid?
It used by the organisms at each trophic level to keep themselves alive.
What does a pyramid of energy show about the amount of energy available at different trophic levels of a food chain?
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What does a pyramid of energy show about the amount of energy available at different trophic levels of food chain?
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What is a step in the passage of energy and matter through an ecosystem?
its a trophic level
What variables always decreases as it flows through the trophic levels?
Energy
What is net production?
net production is the amount of energy left that is in the next trophic level
Energy efficiency as it flows from a lower to a higher trophic level?
Not all the energy is past on to the different tohpic levels, energy is lost through respiration, movement, feaces, decomposition, keeping warm and growth. Some amount of energy is also in the bones of the organisms because they are not eaten.
