In most food webs there are many producers, fewer herbivores, and even fewer carnivores. Which statement best explains why there are always fewer carnivores than producers in a food web?

A. There is not enough space to illustrate them.

B. Each successive trophic level has less available energy for the organisms at that level.

C. An energy pyramid indicates how efficiently carnivores use energy obtained from producers.

D. Food webs do not show the energy that carnivores obtain elsewhere in the environment.

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Reina Barnett

Chemistry

28 September, 13:02

In most food webs there are many producers, fewer herbivores, and even fewer carnivores. Which statement best explains why there are always fewer carnivores than producers in a food web?

A. There is not enough space to illustrate them.

B. Each successive trophic level has less available energy for the organisms at that level.

C. An energy pyramid indicates how efficiently carnivores use energy obtained from producers.

D. Food webs do not show the energy that carnivores obtain elsewhere in the environment.

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Clinton Bridges · Answer 1

The answer is A there is not enough space to illustrate them

Devan Hopkins · Answer 2

B

Explanation:

It is important to recognize that the higher on the food chain one looks, the fewer the number of organisms that occupy that level. This is because of the energy that is available from one level to the next has to decrease since it is used for life's processes.