Why does the energy decrease as we go along the food chain from producers to tertiary consumers?

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Artyom0805 [142]3 years ago

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Because less animals means less energy that can be used.

Gnoma [55]3 years ago

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When food is consumed, most of the energy goes to the organism that eats it. And so, as another organism eats the other, it will only get a small portion of the energy that is left and so on.

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