During the transfer of energy from one tropic level to the next tropic level around 90% of the total energy is lost in the metabolic processes in the form of heat. Hence only about 10% of the total energy can only be transferred from one tropic level to the next tropic level.
Predators are the ones who consume the prey and rely on them as a food source, while prey rely on predators to control their population.
Cell definition: the basic membrane-bound unit that contains the fundamental molecules of life and of which all living things are composed.
Cytology definition: the study of cells as fundamental units of living things.
They have an adaptation called trigger hairs.
