OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE
ECOLOGY
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Question
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All steps in a food chain always involve a loss of ____
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light
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mass
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time
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energy
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -At each step up the food chain, only 10 percent of the energy is passed on to the next level, while approximately 90 percent of the energy is lost as heat.
Detailed explanation-2: -At each level, energy is lost directly as heat or in the form of waste and dead matter that go to the decomposers. Eventually, the decomposers metabolize the waste and dead matter, releasing their energy as heat also.
Detailed explanation-3: -The flow of energy in an ecosystem occurs in the following sequence: Sun——> Producer——> Herbivore——-> Carnivore——-> Decomposer.
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