BI-1901
Energy losses in food chains
Biology · Secondary 4 · Medium · Energy losses in food chains
In a food chain: grass → grasshopper → frog → snake, which statement best explains why there is much less energy available to the snake than to the grasshopper?
- Energy is lost as heat and waste at each trophic level.
- Energy is destroyed when organisms die.
- Producers use up all the energy for themselves.
- Energy is recycled completely between organisms.
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