Question

Energy flows in a food chain as one organism consumes another for food. What happens to this energy as it moves up the food chain from one level to the next?
A.
It decreases.
B.
It remains constant.
C.
It is all stored as fat.
D.
It increases.

Answer 1

Answer:

A. it decreases

Explanation:

Energy decreases as it moves up trophic levels because energy is lost as metabolic heat when the organisms from one trophic level are consumed by organisms from the next level.

Answer 2

Energy flows in a food chain as one organism consumes another for food. What happens to this energy as it moves up the food chain from one level to the next? = B.

It remains constant.