When looking at energy pyramids, only ..... of the energy is passed from one tropic level to the next. This is because organisms uses 90% of the energy for mechanical and thermal energy.

GENERAL SCIENCE

Please wait while the activity loads.
If this activity does not load, try refreshing your browser. Also, this page requires javascript. Please visit using a browser with javascript enabled.

If loading fails, click here to try again

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

When looking at energy pyramids, only ____ of the energy is passed from one tropic level to the next. This is because organisms uses 90% of the energy for mechanical and thermal energy.

A	10%
B	50%
C	1%
D	none of the above

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Final answer: In an ecosystem, the 10% of energy available for transfer from one trophic level to the next is in the form of chemical energy.

Detailed explanation-2: -Final answer: As energy is passed from one trophic level to another, the amount of usable energy decreases.

Detailed explanation-3: -How does energy move between trophic levels? Energy can pass from one trophic level to the next when organic molecules from an organism’s body are eaten by another organism.

There is 1 question to complete.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

GENERAL SCIENCE