How does energy travel in an ecosystem?

Energy passes through one organism to the next. Autotrophs, like plants, absorb energy from the sun and make their own food. Then heterotroph herbivores, like a rabbit, consume the plants and only gain 1/10 of the energy that plant had. Next comes a carnivore or omnivore heterotroph, like a snake, they recieve 1/10 of the energy of their food. And then another carnivore or omnivore, like an eagle, will receive 1/10 of the energy of their food.

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