Question

Energy is lost as it moves from one trophic level to the next because

Answer 1

the power we give it it loses the energy

Answer 2

A pyramid of energy represents how much energy, initially from the sun, is retained or stored in the form of new biomass at each trophic level in an ecosystem. Typically, about 10% of the energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next, thus preventing a large number of trophic levels.