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Why can each trophic level support only about one tenth the amount of living tissue of the level below?
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∙ 13y ago
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.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 15y agoBecause each trophic level harvests only about one tenth of the energy from the level below, it can support only about one tenth the amount of living tissue.
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∙ 13y agoThis 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.
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Nervous (nerve) tissue.
What is the total amount of living tissue within a trophic level?
BIOMASS
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.
The total amount of living tissue within a given trophic level is what?
Biomass
Why can each trophic level support about one tenth the amount of living tissue of the level below it?
because it loses enery and is real eased as heat.
The total amount of living tissue within a given trophic level is called?
biomass
What is dry biomas?
total amount of living tissue within a given trophic level.
Why can each trophic level support only about one tenth the amount of living tissue of the level below it?
because it loses enery and is real eased as heat.
Why can each trophic level support only about one tenth of the amount of living tissue of the level below it?
because it loses enery and is real eased as heat.
Which type of pyramid shows the amount of living tissue at trophic level in an ecosystem?
a biomass pyramid
The total amount of living tissue within a given trophic level is called the?
biomass!
The total mass of living tissue within a given trophic level is called?
biomass
The total mass of living tissue at each trophic level can be shown in a(n)?
Biomass
