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Explain why an energy pyramid in any ecosystem typically is limited to four or five levels only.
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Explain why an energy pyramid in any ecosystem typically is limited to four or five levels only.

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The reciever on the top is gaining the most energy. It follows the food chain. When the preditor eats the prey it gains energy from the nutrients inside of the prey 
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an energy pyramid is always related to the organisms food web. A increase in no of tropic levels could make it complex. Also the reason for only 4 or 5 is to make it simple to understand.
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