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What do we use to show how much energy transfers to the next trophic level in a food chain?
Energy pyramid
What are organisms that get their energy by feeding on producers in the food chain?
Primary consumers
How do plants follow the law of conservation of mass during photosynthesis?
The amount of each element in the reactants equals the amount of each element in the products.
The fact that the total mass of a dead organism equals the total mass of matter released to the environment by decomposition demonstrates which law of conservation?
Law of conservation of mass
The fact that decomposers transfer energy stored in the molecules of the dead organism to create new biomass for other organisms to feed on is evidence of which law of conservation?
Law of conservation of energy
The amount of each element in the reactants of photosynthesis equals the amount of each element in the products is evidence of which law of conservation?
Law of conservation of mass
If only 10% of energy moves through each level of the energy pyramid, what happens to the other 90%?
It is converted into heat and energy for all life functions.
