Biology GCSE
Energy loss in food chains
What Energy loss in food chains means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Much of the glucose taken in by an organism is respired, releasing carbon dioxide and water, which helps explain why biomass and energy decrease between trophic levels.
Topics that use Energy loss in food chains
- Transfer of biomass (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Biomass transfer between trophic levels
- Dry mass
- Efficiency of biomass transfer
- egestion
- Energy loss in ecosystems
- Fate of incident light
- Glucose as respiratory substrate
- Pyramid of biomass
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