What happens to biomass as energy travels up the food chain?

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Biology

Tiana Conley

17 March, 16:15

What happens to biomass as energy travels up the food chain?

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Alessandra Pope · Answer 1

Biomass is the energy in living organisms. Autotrophs, the producers in a food web, convert the sun's energy into biomass. Biomass decreases with each trophic level. There is always more biomass in lower trophic levels than in higher ones.

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Less energy is transferred at each level of the food chain so the biomass gets smaller. As a result, there are usually fewer than five trophic levels in food chains.

Peyton Hart · Answer 2

Less energy is transferred at each level of the food chain so the biomass gets smaller. As a result, there are usually fewer than five trophic levels in food chains.