| 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 |
| (d)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 |