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Which of the following best explains why the number of organisms at each level decreases while moving up the energy pyramid?

A.
The animals at higher levels are more competitive, so fewer animals survive.
B.
The animals at each level use energy, so only a small amount of their energy is available to the next level.
C.
The animals at higher levels move more than animals at lower levels, so they require more energy.
D.
The animals at each level have more predators, so they produce more offspring.

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B, because it goes bottom to top and the biggest or strongest animal is at top or decomposer while the weaker ones down so that means when they get eaten some energy for the one below transfers to the next animal
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