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Explain how energy is conserved even though the amount of energy available decreases as you move up the pyramid.

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I don’t understand this one
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Answer:

in the explanation part

Step-by-step explanation:

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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