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Westkost [7]
3 years ago
6

Why is the transfer of energy in a food chain usually only about 10 percent efficient?

Biology
1 answer:
Schach [20]3 years ago
7 0
It is only 10% efficient because the majority of the energy is converted. Some is lost in heat, some is not processed at all. Mostly a lot of energy is used to regenerate ATP.
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