Question

1. as you go up from one trophic level to the next, the amount of available energy decreases. explain where the energy has gone.

Explanation:

Energy is lost as heat during metabolic processes like respiration at each trophic level. Organisms also use energy for growth, movement and reproduction. Some energy is in undigested food that becomes waste.

Answer:

Energy is lost as heat during respiration, used for life - processes, and is present in undigested waste.