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प्रश्न
Organisms at a higher trophic level have less energy available. Comment.
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उत्तर
The transfer of energy follows the 10 per cent law – only 10 per cent of the energy is transferred to each trophic level from the lower trophic level. So, higher trophic level have less energy as compared to lower trophic level.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
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