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LiRa [457]
2 years ago
5

Only a small amount of energy consumed by an organism is available to flow to the next organism in a food web. Which of the foll

owing statements explains a reason for this?
a
Most of the energy is used for life processes or lost as heat in the atmosphere.
b
Primary and secondary consumers compete for food.
c
There are many more producers than consumers in a food web.
d
There are many more consumers than producers in a food web.
Biology
2 answers:
Papessa [141]2 years ago
4 0

Answer:

A

Explanation:

Because as energy is transfer from on trophic level to another by eating energy is loss to both the environment as well as the previous organism which used some of the energy for life process like respiration

vfiekz [6]2 years ago
4 0
I would say the answer is c
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