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Moving up trophic levels there is an increase in energy, entropy, and biomass. True or False?

Moving up trophic levels there is an increase in energy, entropy, and biomass. True or False?
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Moving up trophic levels there is an increase in energy, entropy, and biomass.
True or False?

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False. Energy is lost between levels due to things like respiration for heat and movement. In reality about 90% is lost between each trophic level, which is why us eating food from higher up is far less efficient than us eating a producer.
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