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Energy pyramids — Homework

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Energy pyramids — Homework

Answer using this week's energy pyramid ideas.

  1. 1.Producers store 8,000 kcal. About how many kcal would you expect primary consumers to store?
  2. 2.Why are top predators always much rarer than producers in an ecosystem?
  3. 3.What happens to the roughly 90% of energy that does not transfer to the next trophic level?
  4. 4.Explain why most food chains have no more than four or five trophic levels.
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