Food chains are sometimes short because(A) only a single species of herbivore feeds on each plantspecies.(B) local extinction of a species causes extinction of the otherspecies in its food chain.(C) most of the energy in a trophic level is lost as energy passesto the next higher level.(D) most producers are inedible.

Food chains are sometimes short because(A) only a single species of herbivore feeds on each plantspecies.(B) local extinction of a species causes extinction of the otherspecies in its food chain.(C) most of the energy in a trophic level is lost as energy passesto the next higher level.(D) most producers are inedible.

BIOLOGY:CONCEPTS+APPL.(LOOSELEAF)

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Chapter42: Ecosystems

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Problem 3SA: Organisms at the first trophic level ________. a. capture energy from a nonliving source b. are...

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