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because only 10% of the energy stored in the organism is tranferred to the organism that feeds on it.

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Don't do your homework this way! People come on use your brains!(yes this is your teacher!)

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Atoms absorb or emit energy as electrons move between orbits. Energy's emitted as a packet (photon) with specific characteristics.

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