100%.....50%.....25%......12.5%......6.25%......3.125%......1.5625%
...........1............2...........3..............4.................5................6..................
After six half-lives would be found 1.5625% of readioactive species.
Each step of the food chain in the energy pyramid is called a trophic level. Plants or other photosynthetic organisms (autotrophs) are found on the first trophic level, at the bottom of the pyramid. The next level will be the herbivores, and then the carnivores that eat the herbivores.
