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In a well-balanced ecosystem, squirrels eat nuts, raccoons feed on squirrels, and bears feed on raccoons. It was observed that there were more squirrels and fewer raccoons. This situation indicates that . The least amount of energy from the Sun will be received by the

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Its the last thing in the food chain so bear
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It would be the bear. This is because as the food chain goes down, this will indicate that the amount of energy that is taken up by the consumer will be decreasing. So in the situation, the last one to eat the meat is the bear so it receives the least amount of energy from the sun.