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What level of the energy pyramid is a producer found?

Producers are found at the bottom level of the energy pyramid. They are organisms that can photosynthesize, creating energy from sunlight, and form the foundation of the food chain by providing energy to other organisms.


What is a diagram that shows an ecosystem's lost of energy at each level of the food chain?

A diagram that shows an ecosystem's loss of energy at each level of the food chain is called an energy pyramid. It depicts the decrease in available energy as it moves up trophic levels due to the inefficiency of energy transfer between organisms. Typically, only about 10% of energy is passed on to the next trophic level, with the rest being lost as heat through metabolic processes.


How are energy pyramids and trophic level alike?

The trophic levels show which organisms are at each level of the energy pyramid. The pyramid is shaped exactly as a pyramid. The lowest level contains the most energy and the most in number and variation of species. The next level only has 10% of the first levels' energy and fewer species. The amount of energy in the first level determines the number of levels possible. The tropical rain forest has the most levels (as many as 4) and a desert has the fewest (as few as 2). See links below:


What statement describes a pyramid of energy?

A pyramid of energy represents the flow of energy through different trophic levels in an ecosystem. It demonstrates the decrease in available energy as it moves up the food chain due to energy loss through metabolism and heat transfer. The pyramid shape indicates that each higher trophic level has less energy available than the one below it.


A model that shows comparative energy levels for different feeding levels is called?

The model is called an energy pyramid. It illustrates the flow of energy through a food chain, showing how energy decreases as it moves from one trophic level to another.

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Who has most energy at the pyramid level?

Producers have the most energy at the pyramid level because they manufacture food from inorganic raw materials.


Which level represents the most available energy in a food pyramid?

Algae


Most of the energy at one level of a food pyramid is what?

Used to maintain life at that level. (♥nova net!


Where is the most energy Available in the energy pyramid?

The most energy in an energy pyramid is typically found at the base, with the primary producers (such as plants) converting sunlight into energy through photosynthesis. Each level up the pyramid contains less energy as it is transferred through the food chain.


What pyramid represents the amount of energy or matter that exists in each level of a food web?

a food web pyramid


What pyramid represents the amount of energy or matter that exist in each level of food web?

a food web pyramid


What pyramid represents amount of energy or matter that exists in each level of a food web?

a food web pyramid


What shows the decrease of energy at each level of a food chain?

an energy pyramid


What level on the energy pyramid has the most biomass?

The level on the energy pyramid with the most biomass is usually the bottom level, which consists of producers like plants and algae. These organisms have the highest biomass because they are able to convert the energy from the sun into food through photosynthesis.


Why are the numbers of organisms smaller at high levels of an energy pyramid?

The energy pyramid shows how the amount of useful energy, food, decreases as organisms in that level use it. Even though a lot of energy may be taken in at any level, more energy in the form of food that is available to the next level, is stored on the bottom level and decreases at each level as you move to the top of the pyramid. Thus, there is much less energy to support organisms at the top, so there are fewer in most communities.


What is a diagram that show that amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web?

energy pyramid


What is a diagram tat showsn how energy is used stored and passed on in each level of a food chian?

energy pyramid