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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Why would there be fewer organisms at level A than at any level below it?
What will be an ideal response?
The amount of energy lost between levels is so great there is not sufficient energy remaining at the upper level to sustain more.
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