Q. 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
Explanation
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
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