3. Food chains seldom have more than 3 or 4 steps. Using your understanding of entropy and/or the laws of thermodynamics, explain why food chains are short and where the energy ultimately goes at the end of food chains. b. Based on your answer above why is a predominantly meat diet detrimental to Earth?

3. Food chains seldom have more than 3 or 4 steps. Using your understanding of entropy and/or the laws of thermodynamics, explain why food chains are short and where the energy ultimately goes at the end of food chains. b. Based on your answer above why is a predominantly meat diet detrimental to Earth?

Biology Today and Tomorrow without Physiology (MindTap Course List)

5th Edition

ISBN:9781305117396

Author:Cecie Starr, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr

Publisher:Cecie Starr, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr

Chapter4: Energy And Metabolism

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