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12.Ecosystem
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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 consumer 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 processes
Solution
Only $10\; \%$ of the herbivore productivity is utilized for raising productivity of primary carnivores. The rest is consumed in ingestion, respiration, maintenance of body heat and other activities
Standard 12
Biology
