Energy Pyramid Answer Key
Understand how energy flows through trophic levels in an ecosystem.
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Trophic Levels
Q1.What are the trophic levels in order?
Producers (plants) → Primary consumers (herbivores) → Secondary consumers (carnivores) → Tertiary consumers (top predators).
Q2.Why is an energy pyramid shaped like a pyramid?
Each level has less energy than the one below. Only about 10% of energy transfers to the next level.
Q3.Where does the lost energy go?
Most is lost as heat through metabolism, movement, and life processes.
Biomass
Q4.What is biomass?
Q5.Why are there fewer top predators?
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