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what happens to all of the energy that is lost when you move up the pyramid? goes to decomposers heat given off used by the producers goes to other organisms
In an energy pyramid, as energy moves up trophic levels, a significant portion is lost as heat due to metabolic processes. Producers are at the base and don't use energy lost higher up. Energy doesn't go back to producers or directly to other organisms in a compensatory way in terms of lost energy. Decomposers break down dead matter but not the energy lost as heat during normal metabolic energy - transfer in the pyramid. The main way energy is lost when moving up the pyramid is as heat given off by organisms during respiration and other metabolic activities.
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B. Heat given off