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Moving up trophic levels there is an increase in energy, entropy, and biomass. True or False?
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Moving up trophic levels there is an increase in energy, entropy, and biomass.
True or False?

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False. Energy is lost between levels due to things like respiration for heat and movement. In reality about 90% is lost between each trophic level, which is why us eating food from higher up is far less efficient than us eating a producer.
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