OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE
ECOLOGY
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Question
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The amount of energy that gets passed from each organism onto the next organism in the energy pyramid is this amount:
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20%
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10%
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30%
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40%
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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: -As producers are consumed, roughly 10% of the energy at the producer level is passed on to the next level (primary consumers). The other 90% is used for life processes, such as photosynthesis, respiration, reproduction, digestion; and ultimately transformed into heat energy before the organism is ever consumed.
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