Which of the following is true about the efficiency of energy transfer in an ecosystem?

a. The more energy the organism requires, the more efficient the energy transfer.

b. All energy transfers have the same efficiencies.

c. The less energy the organism requires, the more efficient the energy transfer.

d. The most efficient energy transfers are in large, warm-blooded animals.

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Biology

Madalyn Baxter

13 February, 10:37

Which of the following is true about the efficiency of energy transfer in an ecosystem?

a. The more energy the organism requires, the more efficient the energy transfer.

b. All energy transfers have the same efficiencies.

c. The less energy the organism requires, the more efficient the energy transfer.

d. The most efficient energy transfers are in large, warm-blooded animals.

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Kaliyah Wolf · Answer 1

What is true of efficiency of energy transfer in an ecosystem is that the less energy the organism requires the more efficient the nergy transfer - c.

The reason for this is the fact that with large animals and organisms which need a lot of energy, there is always a surplus which gets lost.

Gerardo Dillon · Answer 2

b. All energy transfers have the same efficiencies.

That is 1/10th of the energy of any trophic level will be transferred to the next level, this energy transfer is a constant