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In an energy pyramid, why is energy
reduced at each higher level of the
pyramid?

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Energy decreases because it moves up trophic levels since energy is misplaced as metabolic warm when the life forms from one trophic level are expended by life forms from another level. Trophic level exchange proficiency (TLTE) measures the amount of vitality that's exchanged between trophic levels.

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