An energy pyramid is shown.
Which sentence best describes how energy flows through this pyramid?
An energy pyramid is shown.
Which sentence best describes how energy flows through this pyramid?
The Red-Tailed Hawks get the least amount of energy from their food because the producers and consumers below them in the pyramid use energy for life processes.
Red-tailed Hawks have the most energy in the pyramid, and that energy is transferred down each level of the energy pyramid. At each level in the pyramid, about 10% of the energy is transferred to the level below.
The algae provide energy to the organisms above them in the pyramid. The algae use very little of the energy they gain from the Sun. They transfer about 90% of the energy they gain from the Sun to the next consumer level.
Organisms use the energy they obtain to reproduce, grow, hunt for food, and digest food. At each trophic level, about 10% of the energy an organism receives is used for these life processes. The other 90% of the energy obtained is transferred to the organism that eats them.