Question

Only a small amount of the energy stored in food is available to the next organism in a food chain because

Answer 1

Answer:

energy is passed up the food chain from one trophic level to the next .

Answer 2

According to Raymond Lindemann, only 10% of the energy is transferred to the next trophic level in a food chain because:

• The amount of energy decreases as we proceed to further trophic levels in a food chain.
• The remaining 90% of the energy is lost in metabolic processes or is released into the atmosphere as heat.
• Thus, when a predator consumes a prey only 10% of its energy is transferred to it because the remainder is lost in digestion, reproduction, or in the form of heat.