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in a food chain, energy transfers from one level to another. The 10% rule says that 10% of energy is transfered from one level to another because the rest of the energy is being used by the organism.
Each level in a food chain in which energy is exchanged is called a trophic order level or simply a trophic level. As a side note only ten percent of the energy exchanged between trophic levels is absorbed. For example, if a cat eats a bird only ten percent of the energy the bird contains that can be utilized cannot exceed ten percent of the total amount of energy present. (Think calories.)
Well think about it. If only 10 percent energy goes around. Do the math
The next level is heterotrophs that consume the autotrophs and are the primary consumers. Generally, 10% of the energy is based from one level to the next.
it gets lost through each trophic level while only the other 10% moves on..
There is no energy pyramid on the continent, because there is no food chain on the land.However, the Southern Ocean which surrounds the continent, has the shortest food chain on Earth, based on Antarctic Krill, properly Euphausia superba. The top of the ocean's food chain are protein-consuming whales and seals.
Producers
The other 90 percent of energy is typically lost as heat due to inefficiencies in energy conversions. This heat energy is often dissipated into the surrounding environment, resulting in energy wastage. Strategies to improve energy efficiency can help reduce these losses.
an energy pyramid
Each level of a food chain typically only transfers about 10% of the energy from one trophic level to the next. This means that as you move up the food chain, less energy is available at each subsequent level. The majority of the energy is lost as heat during metabolic processes.
Energy that can be transfered to the next level