In a food chain, roughly how much of the energy at one level passes to the next?
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Correct answer to question 19 (General Science): About one tenth
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Only about ten percent of the energy at each trophic level is stored in the next; the rest is spent on living or lost as heat. That loss is why food chains rarely run beyond four or five links.
Updated: November 2026
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