In a food pyramid, there is typically less biomass at the top (i.e., there are very few individual tertiary consumers, whereas there are numerous individual producers). In three to five sentences, explain this phenomenon, citing evidence relating to energy flow and how plants support ecosystems.(4 points) make it 3 sentences long
Energy is lost as it moves up the food chain, as only about 10% of energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next. Since plants are at the base of the food chain and directly convert sunlight into energy through photosynthesis, they have the most biomass and support the rest of the ecosystem. Tertiary consumers have less biomass because they are higher up in the food chain and have less available energy to support their populations.
