Biology GCSE
Energy and biomass loss in food chains
What Energy and biomass loss in food chains means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Energy is lost between trophic levels through respiration, movement, excretion and uneaten material, so biomass always decreases at each successive level.
Topics that use Energy and biomass loss in food chains
- Pyramids of biomass (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Pyramid of biomass
- pyramids of biomass
- Trophic level
- Biomass as living material
- Proportional
- Proportional representation
- Scale
- Trophic level 1
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