the energy decreases.
what happens is that the energy that was to start with will be broken and half of that will go to continue the cycle because the energy that does not move on is being used by the producer, consumer or scavenger depending on which stage of the food chain or web it is on.
Well think about it. If only 10 percent energy goes around. Do the math
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It decreases.
eat another energy pass only 10 percent
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I think what you are referring to is a food chain, It is a series of energy steps from plants to animals and more animals in the form of food.
Approximately 90% of the energy is not transferred between trophic levels in an ecosystem. This lost energy is often used for metabolic processes, growth, and heat production, rather than being passed up the food chain.
This transfer of energy from one organism to another, with approximately 10% efficiency, is known as a trophic transfer or trophic transfer efficiency. This process occurs as energy moves through different trophic levels in a food chain or food web.
They lose energy,which is then used by the cell to make ATP
The hawk will typically have more available energy because it sits at the top of the food chain and consumes the rat and snake, which are lower on the food chain. As energy is lost through each trophic level, the top predator tends to have the most energy available to them.