''There is a unidirectional movement of energy towards the higher tropic levels and its dissipation and loss as heat to the environment.''Explain this statement.
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According to energy transfer law, only 10% of energy is transferred from one trophic level to other and remaining 90% is lost in the form of heat. During this transfer of energy, the autotrophs capture solar energy and store it as chemical energy of food by photosynthesis. These are then eaten by herbivores which are in turn eaten by carnivores or omnivores. The energy transferred and lost at each trophic level never returns back to previous trophic level and finally to sun. Hence, there is a unidirectional movement of energy towards the higher tropic levels and its dissipation and loss as heat to the environment. This can be illustrated as:
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Kindly refer the solution of asked query below
According to energy transfer law, only 10% of energy is transferred from one trophic level to other and remaining 90% is lost in the form of heat. During this transfer of energy, the autotrophs capture solar energy and store it as chemical energy of food by photosynthesis. These are then eaten by herbivores which are in turn eaten by carnivores or omnivores. The energy transferred and lost at each trophic level never returns back to previous trophic level and finally to sun. Hence, there is a unidirectional movement of energy towards the higher tropic levels and its dissipation and loss as heat to the environment. This can be illustrated as:
Hope this information clears your doubt about the said topic.
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