Figure 3.15 Generalized pyramid of energy flow showing the decrease in usable chemical energy available at each succeeding trophic level in a food chain or food web.
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Use the accompanying figure to answer the following five questions.
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What group is indicated by letter E, to which all organisms in the pyramid eventually succumb?
What will be an ideal response?
Decomposers are consumers that get nourishment by releasing nutrients from the wastes or remains of plants and animals.
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