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How does energy limit the number of trophic levels in an energy pyramid?

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Answer: The amount of energy at each trophic level decreases as it moves through an ecosystem. As little as 10 percent of the energy at any trophic level is transferred to the next level; the rest is lost largely through metabolic processes as heat.

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Answer:

energy limits the number of trophic levels in an energy pyramid because if one trophic level get less amount of energy then the other level organisms which depend upon them will get less energy.

eg. 10% law

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