NEET Biology question

Only a small amount of the energy stored in food is available to the next organism in a food chain because

(A)There are more producers than consumers in a food chain
(B)There are fewer top consumers than producers in a food chain
(C)Primary and secondary consumers compete for food
(D)Most of the energy is used for life processesCorrect

Answer: (D)

Solution

At each trophic level, the bulk of the assimilated energy is expended on the organism's own metabolic activities — respiration, movement, maintenance of body heat

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