Barrons AP Environmental Science

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1

  1. (E) In a food chain, only about 10% of the energy is transferred from one
    level to the next. The other 90% is used for respiration, growth, digestion,
    escaping from predators, maintaining body heat, reproduction, etc. Plant
    (1,000) → mouse (100 available) → snake (10 available) → bird (1
    available) → carnivore (0.1 available).

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