BI-1903
Energy losses in food chains
Biology · Secondary 4 · Medium · Energy losses in food chains
Which statement best explains why there are usually no more than four or five trophic levels in a food chain?
- Predators cannot digest the tissues of their prey efficiently.
- Energy is lost at each trophic level, leaving too little to support many levels.
- Decomposers remove all the energy from dead organisms.
- Producers store almost no energy in their tissues.
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