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How does an energy pyramid support the Law of Conservation of Energy?
Energy that is not transferred to the environment is passed to the next level.
Organisms at each level receive energy from the level before them.
Some energy is lost at each level.
The energy at each level stays the same.
The correct statement is: Some energy is lost at each level.
Explanation: The energy pyramid illustrates how energy flows through an ecosystem, showing that energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next. According to the Law of Conservation of Energy, energy cannot be created or destroyed, but it can change forms. In an energy pyramid, only a portion of the energy from one level is passed on to the next level—typically about 10%—while the rest is lost as heat or used for metabolic processes. This illustrates that while energy is conserved overall in the system, some is always lost in the transition between levels.