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What happens to the amount of energy at successive trophic levels?
AIt steadily increases
BIt stays the same
CIt steadily decreases
DIt exactly doubles
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. It steadily decreases
Energy is lost as heat and respiration at each transfer, so each higher level has less.
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