Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Energy efficiency




4.7 Explain why only about 10% of energy is transfered from one trophic level to the next
Only 10 % of the energy from one consumer moves on to the next.

What causes this?

This is because the consumer will lose energy due to respiration.
The consumer might not be able to digest all of the 100% of energy.


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